MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS
MESOP : THE JOINT PUTIN / OBAMA RE-INSTALLATION OF BASHAR AL ASSAD
Tide turns in #Syria after the fall of #Sheikh_Miskeen http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/syrian-army-captures-key-southern-town-rebels-160126040829177.html …
Every time #Syria rebels had to fight #SAA without their #AlQaeda affiliated allies, they lost #Sheikh_Miskeen http://bit.ly/1JBRMbw
#BREAKING – Hundreds of Peshmerga have gone on strike south of #Kirkuk over delay in payment of salaries. #KRG
How Turkey may be losing Abu Dhabi as key trade partner: tensions behind closed doors.Insightful read by Ufuk Sanli.http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/01/turkey-uae-erdogan-about-to-lose-his-partner-in-gulf.html …
Kurds bomb ISIS Sharia Court, security center in Jarablus near Turkish border – ARA News http://aranews.net/2016/01/kurds-bomb-isis-headquarters-in-jarablus/ … via @twitterapi
Pentagon may recommend moving US forces closer to battlefield for Mosul http://thehill.com/policy/defense/266899-pentagon-may-recommend-moving-us-forces-closer-to-battlefield-for-mosul …
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 13m13 minutes ago – Tough words frm UK #Syria Envoy @garethbayley pre-#Geneva. Accuses #Russia of “hypocrisy” & “massive destruction”
Amir Tibon @amirtibon 1h1 hour ago – Amir Tibon Retweeted tal lev-ram
“IDF says Iran has recently cut funding for Hezbollah by 10%, group is in a deep financial crisis”
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 15m15 minutes ago – #Syria’s opposition negotiating team are meeting now, to discuss whether to attend #Geneva talks. Armed groups strongly opposed as of now. Big day for fate of #Syria talks tomorrow. @Mohammed_Aloush has hit back vs US pressure, but decision still to come.
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 16h16 hours ago – US Envoy to #Syria, Ratney: -Kerry didn’t threaten opposition w. loss of support -We still support TGB & Geneva 2
Ahrar al-Sham (whose status in political track is unclear) refuse foreign influence on opposition negotiating team:
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 19h19 hours ago – Charles Lister Retweeted Charles Lister
When commentators talk of the need for effective local forces to fight #ISIS, these sub-humans don’t fit the bill: A truly horrific video circulating showing a Shia militiaman disemboweling &/or skinning a Sunni corpse in #Iraq, with 2 other men beheaded.
Assad Has It His Way https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/syria/2016-01-19/assad-has-it-his-way?cid=soc-tw-rdr … via ForeignAffairs
Denise Natali @dnataliDC 3h3 hours ago – Reviving Iran – “The Great Race for the last goldmine on earth has begun”. http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/iran-is-back-in-business?intcid=mod-latest …
CNN International @cnni 18h18 hours ago – Report: Al Qaeda Syrian affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra “much more dangerous” to U.S. than #ISIS http://cnn.it/1PO08tl
Diffusing Turkey-Iraq tensions r essential 2 defeating Daesh, particularly in Mosul & post – Daesh settlement. http://mobile.todayszaman.com/diplomacy_us-envoy-calls-for-settlement-of-turkey-iraq-dispute_410546.html …
Aymenn J Al-Tamimi@ajaltamimi – My latest: account of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Islamic State leadership succession lines http://www.aymennjawad.org/2016/01/an-account-of-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-islamic-state … #Iraq #Syria
Peshmergas in a Kirkuk frontline protest to get their payments, they raised 250 ID notes #TwitterKurds