ISIS & das Assad Regime / ISIA AND THE ASSAD REGIME

von Thomas von der Osten-Sacken / jungle world – 14.4.2014 – Seit Wochen versuchen Milizen des Islamischen Staates im Irak und der Levante (ISIS) die von der kurdischen PYD kontrollierten Kantone im Norden Syriens zu erobern. Bislang ist ihnen dies nicht gelungen, kurdische Kämpfer leisten erbitterten Widerstand und fügen ISIS dabei hohe Verluste zu. Inzwischen wird immer klarer, dass die Jihadisten von ISIL auch über Territorien angreifen, die von der syrischen Armee kontrolliert werden.

Dazu erklärt ein Offizier der kurdischen Miliz YPG:

As you know there have been fierce clashes between the Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG) and ISIS gangs. Their purpose is to occupy the Kobane Canton and putting an end to the freedom Kurdish people are enjoying in Rojava. They wanted to include Kobane into their Islamic state. That is why they launched broad attacks against Kobane from the east, west and south. They attack us with the support of the Assad regime, and also Turkey is turning a blind eye.

There have been fierce clashes between the Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG) and ISIS gangs. Their purpose is to occupy the Kobane Canton and putting an end to the freedom Kurdish people are enjoying in Rojava. They wanted to include Kobane into their Islamic state. That is why they launched broad attacks against Kobane from the east, west and south. They attack us with the support of the Assad regime, and also Turkey is turning a blind eye. (…)

As you know, numerous units of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) were defeated by the ISIS. These days, many FSA fighters have taken refuge in the Kurdish regions. In many fronts the YPG and FSA forces are fighting side by side against extremists. It is not in the regime’s interests that Kurds are powerful and that Rojava remains safe. Furthermore, the regime wants to play Kurds and the FSA-related groups off against each other. (…)

It has been several months since the ISIS forces have not fired a shot against the regime forces. Plus, regime warplanes have bombed so many civilians in Aleppo, Idlib, Homs and other places, yet not raided any of the ISIS military bases. The public should know that most of the ISIS fighters attacking us came from Deir ez-Zor, Shaddadeh, and Markadeh, passing through Kawkar Mountain in Hasakah. If the regime forces wanted, they could have easily shelled and exterminated them all. But, they did not.

Soviel auch zu der Mär und syrischen Propaganda, Assad sei irgendwie ein Partner im Kampf gegen den Jihadismus und Al Qaida, das kleinere Übel zumindest.