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MESOP NEWS TODAYS PICTURE : SCHOOL-KIDS DEMONSTRATION PRO ERDOGAN & CONTRA KURDS NEAR ISTANBUL – WITH GALLOW ROPES
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!KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP! – THE ALEPPO CEASEFIRE DEAL
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 2h2 hours ago – #pts: The big unanswered question remains whether #Assad & #Iran are supportive of the deal. They’ve been spoilers in the past. #Aleppo
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 2h2 hours ago – #pts: Evacuees being given option of leaving to #Idlib or N #Aleppo. I’m told most will go to Aleppo, under #Turkey’s anti-#ISIS protection.
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 2h2 hours ago – #pt: All major armed groups have agreed, incl. Zinki & Ahrar al-Sham. 40,000+ people set to leave in hours = biggest evacuation of the war.
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 2h2 hours ago – Ceasefire/evacuation deal for #Aleppo – All armed groups & their families + other civilians, free to leave from 5am, under ICRC protection.
MESOP BREAKING : SHAME ON THE WHOLE WEST / NOT ISTANBUL
ONGOING TONIGHT 13 Dec 2016 – BREAKING: Thousands this moment in front of the Russian consulate in Istanbul rejecting ongoing massacre of Syrian civilians in #Aleppo
BREAKING: Mass protest breaks out in Istanbul in solidarity with the people of #Aleppo, thousands take to the streets condemning the killing – www.mesop.de
MESOP SAMPLER : LAST EXIT ALEPPO !
We are watching Aleppo burn in real time. And just like in Bosnia and Rwanda, we do nothing
MESOP FINAL JUDGEMENT : NOT JUST PUTIN DID IT – OBAMA HELPED HIM !
Rania Abouzeid @Raniaab 4h4 hours ago – As last slivers of rebel-held #Aleppo fall to Assad, silence of Arab states that armed rebels, said ‘we are on your side’ is deafening
Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin – Aleppo is a consequence of Obama’s inaction in 2013. I hope he is haunted by it the rest of his life. Always remember he stood w/tyranny.
هادي العبدالله Hadi @HadiAlabdallah 1h1 hour ago
Painful images of Aleppo civilians moving from one besieged district, one hell, to another, trying to delay death if even for a few minutes. Watch pics https://twitter.com/HadiAlabdallah/status/808700300949229568?lang=en
Kyle W. Orton @KyleWOrton 1m1 minute ago – Boeing deal with #Iran, which uses aircraft to supply #Assad‘s killing machine in #Syria, goes ahead tho … special time to be a U.S. ally.
Omri Ceren @cerenomri 18m18 minutes ago – Reuters: US to halt some arms sales to Saudi http://buff.ly/2hBgIHq … while boosting plane sales to Iran, which they use to supply Assad
Amnesty on horrific reports of execution-style killings in Aleppo https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/12/syria-reports-of-execution-style-killings-in-aleppo-point-to-war-crimes/ …
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP NEWS – A GREAT CHINESE TAKE OVER IN KURDISTAN – China’s Sinopec considers takeover of Iraqi Kurdistan’s Gulf Keystone
13 Dec 2016 – LONDON,— China’s Sinopec Corp is weighing a takeover of Gulf Keystone Petroleum, an oil company operating in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.Gulf Keystone shares were up 13.5 percent at 144.43 pence at 1041 GMT.Sinopec, Asia’s largest refiner, is working with advisers and has made an approach to Gulf Keystone, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.The company may also attract other bidders, according to Bloomberg. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81035
MESOP NEWS : YEZIDI’S CONTRA PKK INVASION
Yezidi Officials and US Delegation Discuss PKK’s Withdrawal from Sinjar – The US is trying to find a mechanism for PKK’s withdrawal from Sinjar, Naif Saido says
13 Dec 2016 – SINJAR — A US delegation visited Sinuni sub-district in the district of Sinjar and met with its officials to discuss the withdrawal of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from the area.Naif Saido, the mayor of Sinuni, revealed to BasNews on Tuesday that a US delegation arrived in the area and met with the officials of the district. He stated that they have discussed the presence of the PKK forces in the area, noting that the US is trying to find a mechanism for their withdrawal. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81039
MESOP MIDDLE EAST
MESOP NEWS INSIDER: The Meaning of an Israeli Clash with an Islamic State Affiliate
by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi – War on the Rocks – December 13, 2016 – On November 27, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) clashed for the first time with the Islamic State-linked group called Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed (“The Army of Khalid bin al-Waleed”) on the border between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the Yarmouk Basin region of southwest Deraa province. Though no casualties were reported on the Israeli side, at least three members of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed were killed. Do these clashes mean the Islamic State is opening up a front against Israel via the Golan borderlands? And what do they tell us about the ever-shifting puzzle of jihadist groups in Syria? Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81033
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP NEWS : THE POLICY OF PYD (YPG) IS BASED ON PKK – CZECH POLITICANS – Syrian Kurdistan’s YPG office in Czech Rep. closed
13 Dec 2016 – PRAGUE,— The representation office of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) Kurdish militia of Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), which opened in Prague in April 2016, has closed because it failed to launch cooperation with Czech politicians and win support for the recognition of its nation, daily Pravo wrote on Monday. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81037
MESOP NEWS „LAST ORDERS APOKALYPSE ALEPPO HELL“: Ceasefire in Aleppo as eastern half burns, ‘bodies lie where they fell’ – todays full 6 detailed report
13 Dec 2106 – Syria Direct – East Aleppo opposition forces agreed on Tuesday to a joint Turkish-Russian ceasefire that reportedly stipulates the departure of armed rebels and their families, an east Aleppo rebel military spokesman told Syria Direct.
The deal, which is set to begin Tuesday evening, will pave the way for east Aleppo’s remaining rebel forces to evacuate the city with light weapons and their families, a spokesman with the rebel group Nour a-Din a-Zinki told Syria Direct on Tuesday. It is not yet clear where the unknown number of remaining rebels will be headed or how long the ceasefire will last. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81046
MESOP NEWS LATEST – FROM GROSNY TO ALEPPO & IDLIB – Russia flies Chechen commandos to Syria
13 Dec 2016 – DEBKA FILES – Moscow started to deploy Chechen special operations forces units to Syria this week, debkafile’s military sources reveal. The troops come from elite units of the Chechen military with extensive field experience in urban warfare. Some of the units fought in eastern Ukraine in the past two years and, before that. in Chechnya for suppressing radical Islamic terror organizations linked to Al Qaeda and the Salafi movement.
The soldiers called up for the deployment in Syria were ordered to report to the Khankala base east of the Chechen capital Grozny. They are being vetted by Russian officers who determine which are suitable for the Syrian mission.
In the initial stage, the deployment will consist of three divisions totaling about 1,000 soldiers. Since like Russia, Chechen law bars regular army troops from being sent beyond the country’s borders, the soldiers assigned to Syria will wear the uniform of the Chechen Interior Ministry’s security forces, which are not part of the regular army.They will be flown directly from the Russian air force facility at the Khankala base by giant Ilyushin-76 transport planes to Russia’s Hmaimim Air Base, about 1,200km away. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81053
MESOP NEWS MIDDLE EAST : NETANJAHU & TRUMP & THE JEWS IN AMERICA – How Trump emboldens Netanyahu
12 Dec 2016 – BEN CASPIT – AL MONITOR – When he first assumed the prime minister’s office in 1996, Netanyahu had a dream: to establish a White House in Jerusalem. In his worldview and essence, Netanyahu is more an American politician than an Israeli one. He despises the Israeli governmental system, which he feels ties the hands of the elected leader and leaves him at the mercy of nonelected functionaries and the entire governmental apparatus. Netanyahu’s ideal model is that of the American presidential system, in which the president enjoys a guaranteed four-year term of office and sweeping powers to boot.
Has the victory of US President-elect Donald Trump reignited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dream of becoming an all-powerful president of Israel? Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81049