Ilham Ahmed (important politician of the PYD): Kurdish National Council (KNC) will decide in 15 days if they will join the self-management project reports ANHA. She noted that the goal of the earlier meetings between PYD and KNC was for the formation of an independent delegation and joint delegation in Geneva II. weiterlesen / click to continueSyria Today: The Fight Within the Obama Administration
By Scott Lucas January 1, 2014 – eaworldview – In recent weeks, the faction within the Obama Administration which favors a pullback from support of Syria’s opposition and insurgency — to the point of accepting President Assad’s stay in power — has had the upper hand in the US media, using spokespeople like former Ambassador Ryan Crocker. – Now those within the Administration who failed to get US military intervention this summer, even after the regime’s chemical weapons attacks of August 21, have hit back through The Wall Street Journal.
PUK backs PYD autonomy / Watch picture of SAADI PIRA, PUK (2nd from left) a former spy against Kurds on Saddam Hussein’s pay roll
PUK backs Syrian Kurds’ autonomy / Legend Saadi Pira:
According to the same source, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has pushed aside a number of spies, who have been occupying sensitive and high profile posts in the party and in the government. Saadi Ahmadi Pira has been sacked from all his party and government posts and is on his way to Europe. So have Hamidi Haji Khali and Aso Almani.
JULIAN ASSANGE – THE IDIOT ! : Australia condemns WikiLeaks Party talks with Syria’s Assad
SYDNEY – Nowmedia – 1-1-2014 – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has condemned as “reckless” and “counterproductive” a WikiLeaks Party delegation which met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.
WADIH HADDAD’S ARMY – The Arab Nationalist Guard: A Pro-Assad Militia
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi – Syndicated News – 2013-12-31 – It is generally held that the ideology of Arab nationalism is virtually dead. At the governmental level, this assertion mostly holds true, with the Fatah-led regime of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank being the last real representative of old ideals of pan-Arab unity. However, on the ground, traditional Arab nationalists may be found in all the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. As it turns out, they have formed their own volunteer militia force to fight in Syria on behalf of the Assad regime: the Arab Nationalist Guard.
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Assad Regime Attacks Kurdish Fighters in Hasakah
According to the pro-Kurdish ANHA news agency, the Syrian regime attacked a Kurdish People’s Defence Units (YPG) checkpoint in the city of Hasakah which resulted in clashes and a number of deaths.
Heseki’de YPG noktasina rejim askerleri saldirisi sonucu 15 asker olduruldu, 6’si tutuklandi, 1 YPG savascisi ve 1 sivil yasamini yitirdi – — Amed Dicle (@AmedDcle) December 31, 2013
Avashin @Avashin – YPG kills 15 and captures 2 SAA members after they attacked YPG checkpoint in Hassake. #TwitterKurds – 8:10 PM – 31 Dec 2013
Islamic Front Attacks Kurds Close to Azaz?
According to ANHA, the Islamic Front attacked Kurdish civilians close to Azaz. On 28 December, the SOHR reported that there were violent clashes between the YPG and the ISIS after the YPG ambush between the villages of Ma’rin and Qastal Jindo in the Efrin district. Definite reports of ISIS losses.
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Syrian Kurds Need More Time to Solve Differences
Ilham Ahmed (important politician of the PYD): Kurdish National Council (KNC) will decide in 15 days if they will join the self-management project reports ANHA. She noted that the goal of the earlier meetings between PYD and KNC was for the formation of an independent delegation and joint delegation in Geneva II. weiterlesen / click to continuePalästinensisch-Syrischer Regime Widerstand: Zum Tode des Künstleraktivisten Hassan Hassan / Palästina Solidarität: Norman Paech et.al. schweigt
Der Künstleraktivist Hassan Hassan wurde in einem Gefängnis des syrischen Regimes zu Tode gefoltert – die Nachricht über seinen Tod wurde am 17. Dezember seiner Familie mitgeteilt. In seinem Heimatviertel, dem Palästinenser-Camp Yarmouk im Süden von Damaskus, war er Mitinitiator vieler Gruppen des zivilen Widerstandes. Wir möchten der Familie, seiner Frau, Freunden + seinen Kollegen unser Beileid aussprechen. Mit seiner Künstlergruppe „Reaktion“ [Ridd Fa´il] nahm Hassan Hassan in kurzen Sketchen den Alltag in dem von Regimegewalt betroffenen Viertel Yarmouk aufs Korn. Als er im Oktober 2013 mit seiner Frau das Camp verlassen wollte, wurden sie beide festgenommen. Hassans Tod erinnert nicht nur daran, für wie gefährlich das Regime Künstler hält, sondern auch, dass palästinensischer Widerstand gegen das Assad-Regime integraler Bestandteil der syrischen Revolution ist.
Im Folgenden veröffentlichen wir den Nachruf seines Freundes Salim Salamah vom 17.12.2013.
Irakische Kurden sterben als Islamisten in Syrien
Sanaa/Qamishli/Erbil – Basnews – Ein Student aus Erbil, der Hauptstadt der Region Kurdistan im Nordirak, der sich Al-Qaida anschloss, wurde laut geheimen Quellen im Jemen getötet. Ein junger irakischer Kurde aus der irakisch-kurdischen Provinzhauptstadt Suleymania hat sich zudem bei einem blutigen Sprengstoffattentat in Syrien selbst umgebracht.
Syria Op-Ed: Why Assad & Hezbollah Are in Trouble
By Elias Frankel December 30, 2013 – eaworldview – Only a year ago, many Middle East experts were predicting the imminent demise of the Assad regime. In hindsight, those predictions were wildly unrealistic.
Or were they?
Syria: The US & the Islamic Front – Washington’s SNAFU Continues
By Scott Lucas December 31, 2013 – eaworldview – Throughout December, we have reviewed the approach of the US Government towards the recently-formed insurgent bloc the Islamic Front.
1. After the Front was launched in November as the union of seven leading factions, Washington initially was silent.
2. However, after an incident in early December in which the warehouses of the Free Syrian Army on the Turkish border were raided by gunmen, the US Government quickly condemned the Islamic Front and cut off its non-lethal aid to all insurgent groups in northern Syria.
In fact, the Front had not attacked or “seized” the FSA warehouses. Statements from the Front, the Syrian Coalition, and the Supreme Military Council said that the FSA had asked the Front to protect its headquarters and looted warehouses at the Bab al-Hawa crossing — the attack was probably by members of another bloc, the Syrian Revolutionary Front.
3. Perhaps realizing it had over-reacted, Washington tried to set up talks with the Front, either through envoy Robert Ford or a junior staffer, early this month. The US Government wanted: 1) acceptance of the authority of the US-backed Supreme Military Council; 2) agreement to the process for an international “peace” conference in Switzerland; 3) detachment from the Islamist faction Jabhat al-Nusra; and 4) return of American equipment and supplies taken from the Bab al-Hawa warehouses.
Discreet contact was established with the insurgents, and European representatives also met the Front’s representatives.
4. From the Front’s perspective, the US demands were stringent and even heavy-handed. The insurgent bloc was created in part because of dissatisfaction with the Supreme Military Council, so it is unlikely to immediately subordinate itself to the US-supported commanders. Key factions in the Front have made clear that no support of a “peace” conference without the departure of President Assad from power. Public renunication of Jabhat al-Nusra is not possible, given the de facto co-operation between the Front and JAN over military operations. And the Front claims that it cannot return US supplies if it did not take them in the first place.
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