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MESOP TODAYS HEADLINE – ASSAD’S VOICE IN DISGUISE

Mr. @joshua_landis’s mask falls off again     – Assad’s Man In Oklahoma   – Huffington Post 20 Oct 2016

Over the past five years, Syria advocates have become well-acquainted with their most vocifer…

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MESOP : MICHAEL WEISS COMMENTARY UP TO DATE SYRIA 20. Oct. 2016

@michaeldweiss   – Turkey v USA in a push to al-Bab and no one seems to care. https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/789094625596375040

#Syria #FSA/#EuphratesShield-forces took Hassiyah from #SDF/#YPG after last took village from #IS http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36.421662&lon=37.240219&z=15&m=b …

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MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS

MESOP : PUTIN – THE TROLL

RT @berendvh: Putin is such a virtuoso troll. http://pmo.iq/press2016/18-10-20162.htm   (Arabic)

MESOP : WATCH “MOSUL EYE”

RT @MosulEye: What’s happening in Mosul – 10-18-2016 mosuleye https://mosuleye.wordpress.com/2016/10/19/whats-happening-in-mosul-10-18-2016/

 

“NOW BETTER WITH CHARLES LISTER & MESOP” –  Charles Lister ‏@Charles_Lister 19 Oct 2016 – Charles Lister Retweeted Maria Abi-Habib

I’m hearing more&more that these ‘struggles’ are likely to see #Raqaa accelerated (not delayed) & led by SDF (not tribes) – worrying. #ISIS

Charles Lister added,  Maria Abi-Habib @Abihabib

US Struggles to Build Force to Retake Raqqa in Coming Weeks, #ISIS Syria Stronghold. Our story: http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-builds-force-to-retake-islamic-states-syrian-headquarters-1476869404 … … @WSJ #Syria #Mosul

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MESOP NEWS  : THE EU & BRUSSELS & MERKEL – BETWEEN PUTIN & ERDOGAN BLACKMAILED

EU Visa Deal ‘Dead’ if Not Implemented by End of Year: Turkish EU Minister

Hurriyet Daily News. Turkey.  20 Oct 2016 – Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79301

 

 

MESOP TODAYS QUOTATION : PUTIN AS  A MEGA LIAR !

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: U.S. Implements Scorched Earth Policy

Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said, during an October 13 press briefing, that there was a sense that the current U.S. administration was pursuing a “scorched earth” policy toward Russia. According to the official Foreign Ministry transcript, Zakharova added: “Hopefully, the new [U.S.] administration will prove to be smarter than its predecessor,” but this sentence was cut from the Russia 24 TV broadcast. Watch TV Video http://www.mesop.de/?p=79273

 

MESOP TOP NEWS : PUTIN WILL DIVIDE & CONQUER THE WEST

Russia Is Moving Ahead With Missile Program That Violates Treaty, U.S. Officials Say

By MICHAEL R. GORDON – The New York Times – 20 Oct 2016

Senior officials are expressing concern that Russia might be moving to produce an arsenal of cruise missiles in violation of the landmark treaty on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79294

 

MESOP OPINION : A CONFLICT IN MOSUL & ALEPPO / BUT PUTIN  AIMS EUROPE & THE WEST  – Russian-U.S. Conflict in Mosul

Asharq Al-Awsat – 20 Oct 2016 – London – There is an obvious contradiction between U.S. and Russian plans regarding Mosul’s battle, especially in dealing with ISIS militants, who are estimated to be few thousands and some have been trained to fight in fierce battles, according to a prominent Iraqi official. The source told Asharq Al-Awsat that the U.S. strategy, which was given to Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi, regarding Mosul’s liberation is based on allowing ISIS militants to flee towards the Iraqi-Syrian borders.However, according to the source, Russia strongly rejects this strategy, and this is what Russian President Vladimir Putin told al-Abadi in their latest phone call. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79299

 

SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)

MESOP TODAYS “POINT OF VIEW” : Truly winning the battle of Mosul  – Poor Prognosis / BROOKINGS / MARKAZ

Daniel L. Byman – Tuesday, October 18, 2016 – Markaz – True victory in the battle of Mosul, the Islamic State’s capital in Iraq and the largest city it controls, will be difficult. Far harder than the military fight will be the political struggle, writes Dan Byman. This post originally appeared on Lawfare.True victory in the battle of Mosul, the Islamic State’s capital in Iraq and the largest city it controls, will be difficult. It may take months or only a few short weeks, but I expect the Iraqi military, Kurdish Peshmerga, and other various militias—along with the U.S. forces that support them—to defeat the Islamic State defenders and liberate one of Iraq’s largest cities from their brutal rule. Far harder will be the political struggle. Iraqi forces need to maintain their unity as they go forward and a broader political settlement must be forged. Here the prognosis looks poor. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79269

 

MESOP US WARNING : BEWARE OF MUQTADA AL-SADR !

By Phillip Smyth –  Phillip Smyth is a researcher at the University of Maryland and author of the Washington Institute report The Shiite Jihad in Syria and Its Regional Effects.

PolicyWatch 2712 – October 19, 2016 – Whether the popular Shiite cleric’s motivations are ideological or political, Washington should make sure that neither his loyal militias nor any rogue splinter groups are tempted into further acts of violence against American personnel and interests.This September, a McClatchy article outlined the kidnapping of three American defense contractors in Iraq, noting how they were held for thirty-one days and tortured after being snatched in January. Yet they were not taken by the Islamic State, nor by Iranian-backed stalwarts such as Kataib Hezbollah or Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), as many analysts and columnists speculated at the time.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79271

 

“KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP” – Fight Against ISIS is a Land Grab That Will Resonate For Years To Come

By James Miller – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty –  2016-10-20  –  We may be witnessing the end of the extremist group Islamic State (IS) as we know it. Over the weekend, the coalition of Turkish military soldiers and Syrian rebel groups, backed by a small number of U.S. special operations forces and air support, captured the Syrian city of Dabiq from IS. In and of itself, this would be an important battle.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79288

 

WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)

MESOP A COLLECTED GENERAL OVERVIEW : The Campaign for Mosul: October 20. 19, 2016

By Emily Anagnostos and the ISW Iraq Team

The Coalition-led operation to secure Mosul from ISIS advanced towards the city from two directions in the first 72 hours as of October 19, 2016. U.S. Forces are participating in the operation as advisers and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs). The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Popular Mobilization units advanced from the south, while ISF and Peshmerga units advanced from the southeast. The ISF and Peshmerga recently opened a third offensive northeast of the city. The ISF have recaptured the city center of Hamdaniya, southeast of Mosul, but fighting is still underway.

 

The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) advanced north of Qayyarah towards Shura, a previous al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) hub south of Mosul, in a pincer move from the southwest and the southeast. Iraqi Army (IA) units moved in from the southeast, recapturing al-Hawd and al-Lazakah, directly north of Qayyarah on October 17.  Read full Update http://www.mesop.de/?p=79296

 

MESOP TODAYS BACKGROUNDER : How Syria is pushing Egypt & Iran closer

TEHRAN, Iran — Once again, Egypt and Iran appear to be heading toward rapprochement, with increasingly converging views on Syria bringing the two regional powers closer together.

Author Rohollah Faghihi Posted October 18, 2016  – Al Monitor – Tehran and Cairo have long followed a pattern of enthusiasm about normalizing ties only to see rapprochement remain a mirage. In December 2003, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held a groundbreaking meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Khatami on the sidelines of a UN technology summit in Geneva. The meeting — the first between an Iranian and an Egyptian head of state since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran — generated talk of rapprochement, but such a thing never occurred. More recently, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad traveled to Cairo in February 2013, a landmark visit in which he was greeted by his Egyptian counterpart Mohammed Morsi on arrival — but again with no real subsequent warming of relations. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79275

 

 

MESOP DOCUMENTS : Official Public Statement b y  – The General Coordinating Authority of the Cantons of the Democratic Self-Administration (Al JAzira, Kobani and Efrin) (PYD/PKK)

Turkish Warplanes Bombed Villages in Al Shahba Area

Since yesterday, Turkish warplanes have violently bombed the villages of Um Al Housh, Um Al Qura and Hasiya in Al Shahba area in northern Aleppo. These villages were recently liberated by the revolutionary forces. The bombing comes just hours after the liberation of 5 villages, Al Shahba Dam and Syriatel centre from Daesh terrorists.
We, the General Co-ordinating Authority of the Cantons of the Democratic Self-Administration (Al Jazira, Kobani and Efrin) condemn this blatant attack, perpetrated by the Turkish state against our people and threatens the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79290

 

 

MESOP SITUATION REPORT : PUTIN WILL ALEPPO POWDER DOWN – “Russia Bringing in Bombers for Final Aleppo Assault”

October 20 – by Scott Lucas – eaworldview – Russian warships are carrying fighter-bombers to Syria, hoping for a final assault on the besieged opposition areas of the country’s largest city Aleppo, according to Western intelligence services.

A “senior NATO diplomat”, citing the services, said the Russian fleet passed by the Norwegian city of Bergen on Wednesday. The Norwegian military released photos of the warships, taken on Monday.Russian media has said the fleet will move through the English Channel, past Gibraltar, and into the Mediterranean Sea to the Syrian coast.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79292

 

NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)

MESOP : TWINS & PARTNERS – Putin &  Erdogan Discuss Syria, Mosul, Bilateral Relations

Shoguna B. Sobir – 19/10/2016 – BasNews – MOSCOW — At the initiative of the Turkish side, a telephone conversation took place this Tuesday night between the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The two leaders discussed the developments of Russian-Turkish cooperation and the situation in Syria, reports the Russian President’s official website. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=79277

 

 

MESOP FLASH:  Turkish Warplanes Bomb Kurdish Militia for 1st Time / 200 Kurdish fighters dead

by Scott Lucas – eaworldview – 20 Oct 2016 – Smoke rises from claimed Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish positions in northern Syria on Wednesday

The Turkish military acknowledged early Thursday that jets carried out 26 airstrikes on 18 positions of the YPG, the military branch of the Syrian Kurdistan Democratic Union Party (PYD), in northern Aleppo Province. It said 160 to 200 fighters were killed. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79286

 

MESOP “DIE LETZTEN TAGE VON EUROPA” – WEST OF ALEPPO

POSTMODERNE MEANS ‚ANYTHING GOES‘

“Kulturelles Tauwetter – Frankreich und Russland arbeiten neuerdings wieder gut zusammen!“

FAZ Feuilleton 19 Okt 2016

 

MESOP BREAKING – NATO LUFTWAFFE TÖTET 200 KURDEN  –  MASSAKER   nördlich von Aleppo

Stand: 20.10.2016 08:18 Uhr –  TAGESSCHAU de  – Die türkische Luftwaffe hat bei einem Angriff nördlich von Aleppo nach eigenen Angaben bis zu 200 syrisch-kurdische Kämpfer getötet. Am Mittwochabend seien Ziele der YPG bombardiert worden, die die Kurdenmiliz kürzlich erobert hatte. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=79282

 

MESOP AUS SACHSEN : OH WIE GUT AFGHANISTAN !  DER FALL AL-BAKR – WEITERUNGEN

Misstrauen einer JVA-Bediensteten – Sächsische Zeitung

20 Okt 2016 – Auf die Frage, warum eine Mitarbeiterin der JVA die Zelle al-Bakrs öfter kontrollierte als vorgeschrieben, schob Anstaltsleiter Rolf Jacob den Übereifer einer Berufsanfängerin vor. Tatsächlich handelte es sich bei der Mitarbeiterin um eine ehemalige Soldatin mit Afghanistan-Erfahrung. Die 34-jährige frühere Gruppenführerin der Bundeswehr verfügt über spezielle Kenntnisse im Umgang mit islamistischen Selbstmordattentätern und begegnete dem Verhalten des Häftlings offenbar mit größerer Aufmerksamkeit und Sensibilität. Volltext  http://www.mesop.de/?p=79284