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MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT SHORT CUTS : Interesting – #Syria Army now has GAZ Tigr infantry mobility vehicles – http://defence-blog.com/?p=7594
MESOP SHORT CUT BY MUSTAFA AKYOL / DEMIRTAS APPEAL FOR NON-VIOLENCE OF PKK ORDERED BY PKK
Mustafa Akyol @AkyolinEnglish 1h1 hour ago – It would be better if he said this a month ago.
Hurriyet Daily News @HDNER
HDP co-chair #Demirtaş calls on #PKK to halt violence ‘without ifs or buts’ http://bit.ly/1hSIBGJ
Stopping violence from all sides is in the interest of peace. Will PKK listen to him? is Qandil interested in this? Hemin Hawrami added,
Hurriyet Daily News @HDNER – HDP co-chair #Demirtaş calls on #PKK to halt violence ‘without ifs or buts’ http://bit.ly/1hSIBGJ
WILL PKK LISTEN TO HIM ? NO ! – That’s because Kandil (PKK) gave him the order.
MESOP : NEW TOXIC MATERIAL FOR ASSAD
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 26m26 minutes ago – New NDF footage from #Latakia gives a rare sight of a BTR-80 APC delivered to #Syria after CW ‘destruction’ deal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK0m9a6JJ80&feature=youtu.be&t=40s …
MESOP SPECIAL . “This Path and These Banners”- Nasheed from the Islamic State
by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi • Aug 23, 2015 – The Islamic State’s videos regularly feature very short nasheeds not released as individual productions by Ajnad Media. One example was covered on this blog here regarding Boko Haram’s pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State to become West Africa Province. Below is another of these nasheeds, by no means wholly new but featured most recently in a Ninawa Province video regarding the renewal of allegiance from the tribes of the Ninawa plain. Watch all and links: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63831
The Archivist: 26 Unseen Islamic State Administrative Documents: Overview, Translation & Analysis
by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi – August 24, 2015 – Introduction – Of all jihadist groups, the Islamic State [IS] by far has presented the most comprehensive, ostensible bureaucratic structure as part of its claimed state project, embodied foremost in a system of diwans (government departments) since the declaration of the Caliphate in June 2014. The best means to analyse the nuances of this set-up is through looking at documents issued by these departments that have not been officially released in IS’ media outlets.Watch Documents: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63839
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP TODAY’S ANALYSIS : Assad is more than happy to play a waiting game
August 23, 2015 Updated: August 23 – THE NATIONAL – During this month, a military escalation by both sides of the Syrian conflict has led to a dramatic increase in bloodshed. For weeks, the Assad regime has been pounding Zabadani, a city near the Lebanese border, and Douma, near Damascus. The rebels have shelled the Shia villages of Foua and Kafraya in Idlib. The regime’s offensive this year has probably been the worst in terms of human casualties and devastation. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63827
MESOP : COMMON POSITIONS – Security Council: Syria ‘largest humanitarian crisis in the world’ / Zarif, Lavrov declare “common position” on Syria
24 Aug 2015 – The UN Security Council announced on Aug. 17 that Syria “has become the largest humanitarian emergency crisis in the world today, threatening peace and security in the region.” Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63837
YPG trades IS foreign fighters for Kurdish PKK/PYD leaders
24 Aug 2015 – Kurdish People’s Protection Unit (YPG) forces in Al-Hasakah province exchanged prisoners with the Islamic State on Sunday, one of the first successful exchanges between the two parties, reported pro-opposition al-Masar Press. Read more: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63841
MESOP : Will Jordan agree to set up a ‘safe zone’ on Syrian border?
24 Aug 2015 – Al Monitor – Jordan is weighing the risks and benefits of setting up a safe zone along its borders with Syria and is watching Turkey’s attempts to create a buffer or safe corridor in the north of the war-torn country, according to a source close to the Jordanian government who recently met with a senior government official. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63843
MESOP REPORT : Israel importing 77% of its oil supply from Iraqi Kurdistan: Financial Times
TEL AVIV,— Israel has reportedly bought 19 million barrels of oil from Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region in recent months, the Financial Times reported.
The sales are a sign of Iraqi Kurdistan’s growing assertiveness and the further fraying of ties between Erbil and Baghdad, which has long harboured fears that the Kurds’ ultimate objective is full-scale independence from Iraq.The imports highlight the significant inroads that oil from Iraqi Kurdistan is making into world markets, with Italy, France and Greece also emerging as big buyers. It is a trade conducted through secretive pre-pay deals brokered by some of the world’s largest oil trading companies, including Vitol and Trafigura. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63847
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP: CEMIL BAYIK DENIES WHAT HE DEMIRTAS HAS ORDERED
PKK denies call by Demirtas to lay down arms
A senior member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has responded to calls from the co-chairs of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas, to halt violence.Speaking to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council Co-Chair Cemil Bayik said there could be no “one-sided” moves to down arms after its previous experiences, Hurriyet daily reported. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63849
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP : HAVING PROBEMS WITH BAGHDAD MEANS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TEHRAN THE GORRAN OPPORTUNISM
Change Movement accuses Barzani of making crisis with Baghdad
A parliament member of Change Movement has accused Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani of making crisis with the central government in Baghdad. – Shirin Reza told a press conference that Barzani has make many crises with Baghdad during his presidency and that is why that the movement is against extending Barzani’s term for two more years. According to Iraq Press she added that Change Movement is not against the election any other person from the KDP to be elected as president.