MESOP TODAYS QUOTATIONS / 6 June 2015

“We believe that a referendum is the way to know how the people of #Kurdistan really want to determine their future”: Masrour #Barzani

More important in Diyala is that the election of Badrist Muthanna al-Tamimi as the new governor formalizes the cleansing of Sunni Arabs.

“The people of #Kurdistan will not be a part of the ongoing sectarian war in the Middle East region”: president #Barzani.

Sulaymania trying to annex a part of northern Diyala to Halabja w/o even local Kurds agreeing defines chutzpah: http://www.alsumaria.tv/news/133491/%D

IRGC commander says Iran has no plans to deploy Iranian troops to Syria, despite Lebanese media reports. http://www.uskowioniran.com/2015/06/no-plans-to-deploy-ground-forces-to.html …

#Turkey analysis – The latest outlook on Turkish polls – MURAT YETKİN http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?pageID=449&nID=83565&NewsCatID=409 … via @HDNER