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MESOP NEWS TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS

MESOP : FREE KADRI GURSEL / ERDOGAN’S VICTIM

Tomorrow will mark the second month of journalist Kadri Gursel’s incarceration for reasons unknown. A straight shooter. Enough! @KadriGursel – www.mesop.de

 

MESOP KURDISH KRG/BARZANI SHUTS DOWN YAZIDI NGO

Why has KRG shut down @YazdaOrg? –  1. More news on closure of @YazdaOrg: I spoke to two of their board members and they say that they were inside their office in Dohuk, Iraq www.mesop.de

 

MESOP : US OUT / EUROPE OUT / UN OUT – ONLY DICTATORS WELCOME

Middle East Monitor Verified account ‏@MiddleEastMnt  – #UN envoy will not participate in #Syria #peace talks http://ow.ly/kUgE307Gg3G  | #ceasefire #Turkey #Russia #negotiation – Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81747

 

MESOP : REMARKABLE !

Tony Badran ‏@AcrossTheBay 2h2 hours ago  – Remarkable. –  Tony Badran added,

Ragıp Soylu @ragipsoylu  – 2- US official says US can provide air cover, drone survaillance and ammunition to FSA in Al-Bab, If Turkey wouldn’t enter YPG-held Manbij – www.mesop.de

 

MESOP CULTURAL CLASH : TODAY IN AL ANDALUS / SPAIN

Shehab News Agency are very upset that Christians in Andalusia dare to celebrate the expulsion of the Muslim conquerors which took place 500 years ago. 562 comments, most of them promising a triumphant return. Dedicated to all fans of the ‘two state solution’ Israel / Palestine: WATCH PICTURE http://www.mesop.de/?p=81711

 

MESOP NEWS – A MOST RELEVANT CALL TO DONALD T.

by Gregg Roman and Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi – The Hill – December 23, 2016

As investigators rush to connect the dots between the recent spate of tragic terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Berlin, Ankara, Zurich and Karak – we must not lose sight of the fact that in one month, President-elect Donald Trump will come face-to- face with one of greatest man-made humanitarian disasters of the modern era.

Nearly half a million people have died, millions have been wounded, and half the population of Syria displaced in five years of civil war, while the flood of hundreds of thousands of refugees into Europe has profoundly shaken the security and political climate of the continent.

To make matters worse, the president-elect is taking over from an administration whose Syria policy was not merely a resounding failure, but was so middling and contradictory that the most important takeaway isn’t self-evident.

Trump should jettison the assumption that ISIS & like-minded jihadists constitute the paramount threat to U.S. interests in Syria.  Read full text  http://www.mesop.de/?p=81723

 

MESOP NEWS BACKGROUNDER : Wadi Barada – What Happened to Damascus’s Water?

mesop . a bellingcat intel investigation !

January 4, 2017 – By Nick Waters – On the 23^rd of December, the water supply to Damascus was cut off by the Damascus Water Authority after it was alleged to have been contaminated with diesel. This has resulted in over four million people having no regular access to water, and the UN releasing a statement declaring its alarm. There are competing claims as to whether this was the result of action by the rebels, or from bombing by the regime. This article will use open source information to examine this event and try and establish who is responsible. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all times are in UTC, including time-stamps on tweets and posts.

Context –  The water supply to the Damascus basin mainly relies on the Barada and Fijeh springs. The Barada Spring supplies Lake Barada, which is the source of the Barada River. This river flows past Ain Al-Fijeh in the Barada Wadi, where it is joined by water from the Fijeh Springs, which provide approximately 50% of the water flow. This flow provides the vast majority of water to Damascus, where it is treated and distributed around the city. Read all + watch pics and graphics –  http://www.mesop.de/?p=81728

 

MESOP FOCUS SYRIA : THE “NONE-CEASEFIRE” –  Ceasefire Near Collapse Amid Pro-Assad Offensive on Wadi Barada / PRO IRANIAN HEZBOLLAH

By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – UPDATE 0945 GMT: A pro-opposition website reports an advance for the regime and Hezbollah forces attacking the Wadi Barada pocket, northwest of Damascus: ORIGINAL ENTRY: Syria’s national ceasefire is close to collapse, only six days after it began, amid an assault by pro-Assad forces on an area northwest of Damascus.Local sources said on Tuesday that the ceasefire is effectively “toast” because rebels have lost patience with the ongoing attacks, notably on the Wadi Barada pocket. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81732

 

Local Loyalist Militias of Suwayda’: Katibat Jalamid Urman (Dir’ al-Jabal)

by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi – Syria Comment – January 3, 2017 –

Emblem of Katibat Jalamid Urman, featuring the group’s name on top as well as the appended name Dir’ al-Jabal on the bottom. In the middle is the star that represents the Druze faith. The rim of the emblem consists of the Syrian flag.Previous posts on regime loyalist factions in the predominantly Druze province of Suwayda’ have primarily looked at groups existing on the wider provincial level, such as Kata’ib Humat al-Diyar of Nazih Jerbo’ and the Dir’ al-Watan grouping led by Syrian army officer veteran Nayef al-Aqil and Yusuf Jerbo’, who is one of the mashayakh al-‘aql of Syrian Druze. In contrast, the Katibat Jalamid Urman is a more local outfit. The group’s name translates to “The Rocks of Urman Battalion.” Urman is a village in southern Suwayda’ province located to the northeast of the town of Salkhad. The group’s appended name Dir’ al-Jabal means “The Mountain Shield,” referring to the Suwayda’ area that is also called Jabal al-Arab/al-Druze (“Mountain of the Arabs/Druze”). Read all  http://www.mesop.de/?p=81734

MESOP NEWS : US ! – PAY YOUR RENT FOR INCIRLIK !

Turkey Warns US Over Supposed Lack of Support

4 Jan 2017 – The Turkish Defense Minister, Fikri Işık, has implicitly warned that Ankara will block US use of one of the largest military airbases in the world if Washington does not support Turkish-rebel operations within Syria.Işık said, in response to a question on Thursday: “I hope that all coalition forces, especially the US, will provide the air support and other support that Turkey needs in the Euphrates [Shield] operation, and the necessary steps will not be delayed further.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81730

 

MESOP NEWS : DONALD T. IN KURDISH WONDERLAND (NEWS FROM REVOLUTIONARY ROJAVA)

Trump Restaurant for Falafel: a Syrian Kurd names restaurant in Kobane after US President-elect – Shekhi, a father of six, told ARA News that he named his restaurant after Tump for the US-led coalition’s key role in liberating his hometown from ISIS.  Read story http://www.mesop.de/?p=81738

 

SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)

MESOP SAD NEWS : KRG (DINDAR ZEBARI) CONTRA YAZIDI  – Iraqi Kurdistan govt closes offices of Yazidi rights organization Yazda – Yazda, US-based Yazidi rights organization NGO

3 Jan 2017 – DUHOK, Iraq’s Kurdistan region,— Kurdish authorities in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region confirmed that they have closed the office of the U.S.-based non-profit organization YAZDA, which advocates on behalf of the Yazidi community, because it had been involved in political activities and did not abide by the terms and conditions of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the Region, Rudaw reported.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81705

 

MESOP NEWS : Tehran says no deal on Iran-Iraqi Kurdistan oil pipeline

3 Jan 2017 – TEHRAN,— Iran’s Ministry of Petroleum announced on Tuesday that it had reached no agreement for construction of pipeline for transfer of crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan region to Iranian territory.

Following reports that Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan region had agreed on construction of two pipelines for transfer of oil, Ministry of Petroleum of Iran rejected the issue.The Petroleum Ministry statement said any decision on the issue will depend on next week visit of Iranian minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh to Iraq and his talks with Iraqi officials. ‘So, any stances taken on the issue will be untrue prior to the visit and the talks.’

Due to restrictions in Iraqi oil exports terminals, Iraqi officials have held talks for transfer of crude of Iraq and of Kurdistan region to Iran.Iraq is willing to export its oil in the forms of swap or transit to the target markets via Iran. On this basis, Iraqi Kurdistan region\s oil will be transferred to Iran via pipeline and will be delivered in Kharg or Jask terminals. Of course, talks between the two countries have not been finished and the details are not yet finalized. www.mesop.de

 

MESOP “KURDISH CASH” – Kurdistan oil flow to Turkey exceeds agreements, Iraqi PM Abadi says

4 Jan 2017 BAGHDAD, RUDAW / MESOP — The export of crude oil by Kurdistan to Turkey’s Ceyhan port exceeds the amount that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Baghdad agreed upon, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Tuesday. “The region is exporting more than its share, more than the 17 percent stated in the budget,” Abadi said.Abadi, cited in Iraqi state media, said he encouraged the KRG to be more transparent about its oil flow regarding the pipeline to Ceyhan port.“The KRG is exporting more oil than the amount agreed upon through Turkey’s Ceyhan port,” he said.Turkey and the KRG signed a 50-year energy deal which resumed the flow of Kurdish oil to international markets, despite the federal government’s demands for an immediate halt to sales. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81736

 

MESOP SPOT : ABADI CALLS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO GET PKK OUT OF IRAQ  – Abadi: Baghdad Does Not Allow PKK Attacks against Turkey

Premier Abadi says they seek to improve relations with Ankara –  Abadi: Baghdad Does Not Allow PKK Attacks against Turkey

4 Jan 2017 – ERBIL — Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi stated that Baghdad does not accept that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) uses Iraq’s land to launch attacks against neighbors, Iraqi media reported.In a press statement on Tuesday after the meeting of Council of Ministers, Abadi said the Iraqi constitution does not allow the PKK attacks from the Iraqi territory against Turkey. “We don’t help any party attack Turkey,” Abadi was quoted as saying. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81743

 

MESOP NEWS “THE PKK PROBLEM” : 12 People Died Under PKK Rule in Sinjar: Official –  The official accuses PKK of kidnapping children in tinted windows vehicles

4 Jan 2017 – Leyla Hemid – BasNews – ERBIL — A top official from Sinjar blamed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) for the deteriorating security situation in Sinjar, asking the related parties to hold PKK at bay. Head of Sinjar Administrative Council Wais Naif said that since PKK has taken over Sinjar some 12 members of Kurdistan Peshmerga forces as well as political and public sector cadres were killed in Sinjar. “This leads to extreme suspicion,” Naif told BasNews on Wednesday.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81745

 

 

NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)

MESOP NEWS COMMENTARY “INTEL RELIGION” : Turkey’s “Long Arm” in Europe

by Burak Bekdil – Burak Bekdil, one of Turkey’s leading journaists, was just fired from Turkey’s leading newspaper after 29 years, for writing what was taking place in Turkey for Gatestone.
January 1, 2017 at 4:00 am – Turkey has finally won the title of having the world’s first spook-imams.

• Turkey is exporting its political wars and tensions to Europe. That is not a good sign for the Old Continent. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81715

 

WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)

!KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP”! : How Turkey Joined Russia – and Left Saudi Arabia Behind

Writing for The New York Times, Emile Hokayem assesses how Turkey’s changing strategy has altered the dynamics of the Syrian conflict:

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, three of the Middle East’s major Sunni powers, once equated their standings in the region with the outcome of the war in Syria. Since the uprising broke out in 2011, they have been stalwart — if often divided — supporters of the rebels in their fight against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.In the last several months, it became clear they were on the losing side. Recent events, including the fall of eastern Aleppo this month, are compelling these countries to adjust their strategies. A cease-fire agreement brokered by Russia and Turkey and announced last week has only made it clearer that in the Middle East, force drives diplomacy.The mainstream rebel groups that Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have backed since 2011 are now morphing into a rural insurgency. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81719

 

 

EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN)

MESOP NEWS “BLOODY MULLAH’S: 2017’s First Iranian Kurdish Inmate Executed

4 Jan 2017 – A Kurdish engineer, arrested by the Iranian intelligence, has also gone missing for one month now – A Kurdish prisoner, convicted of homicide, was hanged on Tuesday in Iran, marking the first execution of Kurdish inmates in the country in 2017. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81740

THE GERMAN CHAPTER

Mit Karl Marx nicht über Fortschritt, sondern über den Niedergang philosophieren

Linke Dekadenztheorie

Die “Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Philosophie” wendet sich an ein Fachpublikum, das an der verständlichen Aufbereitung von Fragen der philosophischen Tradition, aber auch an bisher vernachlässigten Themen interessiert ist. Die Sprache sämtlicher Beiträge ist Deutsch, weil man die Form der Präsentation für ein den Inhalt prägendes Moment erachtet. Die dreimal im Jahr erscheinende Zeitschrift hat sich dem akademischen “Dienst an der Wissenschaft” verpflichtet und stellt sich bewusst in Opposition gegen die durchgreifende Ökonomisierung des wissenschaftlichen Betriebs, wie sie paradigmatisch in England zu beklagen ist. – Mit Konrad Lotter (“Marx als Theoretiker der Dekadenz”, in: Heft 1, 2012) würde sich der Verfall des Kulturellen unter dem Regime des Kapitals ohne weiteres als Dekadenzerscheinung fassen lassen. Volltext lesen http://www.mesop.de/?p=81721