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MESOP QUOTATION : NO LONGER QUALITY MADE IN GERANY / German Inefficiency
The Continent’s Leader Needs Intelligence Reform
By Guido Steinberg (SWP) Berlin
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MESOP NEWS FOCUS : READ AYMENN JAWAD AL TAMIMI – Black Syrians: The Case Of The Yarmouk Basin
Perhaps my most esoteric post yet:on black Syrians who live in Yarmouk Basin in SW Deraa(controlled by IS affiliate) aymennjawad.org/2017/01/black-…
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French company Lafarge probed over alleged Syrian activity
PARIS— French authorities say they have launched an investigation into French cement company – cnbc.com http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/19/the-associated-press-french-company-lafarge-probed-over-alleged-syrian-activity.html
Islamic State blows up famous Palmyra monuments in fresh assault on Unesco city
Islamic State militants have blown up the famous Tetrapylon monument and damaged a Roman thea… telegraph.co.uk
Pics here https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/822397063384170496
MESOP TODAYS FOCAL POINT : BY DENNIS ROSS & JEB BUSH – ISOLATE IRAN !
DONALD TRUMP SHOULD ISOLATE IRAN IMMEDIATELY – By Jeb Bush and Dennis Ross – Time – January 19, 2017
Iran’s destabilizing presence throughout the region has grown in the year since the nuclear deal, so the new administration should take firm steps to curb it.
Just days before Christmas, as U.S. policymakers were settling into the holidays, Iran staged massive war drills, with one of its top military leaders even boasting that the Persian Gulf was within “range” of its fighting forces. At nearly the same time, Qassem Soleimani, the Commander of the Qods Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), surveyed the battered remains of Aleppo. Soleimani now appears prominently wherever the Iranians deploy Shia militias to weaken existing states and regimes in the broader Middle East. Whether threatening to heat up the Persian Gulf or using Shia militias as an instrument of their power, we are witnessing a pattern of Iranian aggression that has accelerated in the year since the nuclear deal with Iran was implemented. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82195
MESOP TODAYS OPINION BY MICHAEL J. TOTTEN – America’s Moment of Truth About Russia
12 January 2017 – world affairs journal – Donald Trump finally acknowledged that Russia most likely hacked the Democratic National Committee and turned over stolen files to WikiLeaks. “I think it was Russia,” he said for the first time at a press conference earlier this week, though he angrily denied that Russian shenanigans swayed last year’s election. He’s right on both counts. Until this week, though, the president-elect seemed to trust Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and WikiLeaks founder and fugitive Julian Assange more he trusted than the FBI, the CIA and the NSA. One can only imagine what Republicans would have said if Trump were a Democrat. The Ann Coulter wing would have cried treason—and worse. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82193
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP INSIDER : IRANIAN & ASSAD LIMITS – Syria against Saudi Arabia, Qatar taking part at Astana talks
Arabnews – 20 January 2017 – BEIRUT: The participation of Saudi Arabia and Qatar in Syria talks will be discussed once they stop backing militancy, Syria’s deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday, appearing to reject their attendance at forthcoming peace talks.Making allegations that Qatar and Saudi Arabia supported militancy, Faisal Meqdad said he will discuss the matter of their participation in the talks once they stop aiding militancy. He was talking to the Lebanon-based TV station Al-Mayadeen. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=82191
MESOP FOCUS BY ASHARQ AL AWSAT : Frances ‘Conditioned’ Support for Astana Syrian Peace Talks – By Michel Abu Najm
20 Jan 2017 – Paris- France declared its conditioned support three days ahead of the Syria talks to be held in the Kazakhstan capital, Astana, despite that the European country did not receive an official invitation to the negotiations. The peace talks are the first to bring face to face a representing regime delegation and a majority of opposition forces.A high profile French diplomat is expected to attend the Astana talks and advise the opposition’s delegation, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82200
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP SUMMARY – THE Mosul Campaign Day 94, Jan 18, 2017
Posted: 19 Jan 2017 07:46 AM PST – BY ISW
The Iraqi Forces (ISF) made more dramatic advances in east Mosul on January 18. The Golden Division freedeight neighborhoods, the archaeological site in the center of the city, and attacked the Presidential Palace, declared cleared yesterday. The army freed Qadiyain the north, and attacked Arabi. The Hashd in the west tooktwo towns as well.
The biggest news of the day was the announcement that east Mosul was freed. This was partially misinterpreted by the press and exploited by the government for propaganda. General Talib Shaghati of the Golden Division saidthat east Mosul had been taken. General Abdul Amir Yarallah elaboratedthat just meant the unit had taken all of the areas that it was assigned in the battle plan. Southeast Mosul was freed a few days ago, and now the central section is now under control as well. There was still fighting in the northeast. General Yahia Rasoul stated the Islamic State remained in four districts in the north. In fact, one major pointedout that there was still some clashes going on along the Tigris River in the center as well. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=82202
MESOP NEWS : PKK OUT OF SINJAR DECISION BAGHDAD & ERBIL (SOUTH KURDISTAN IRAQ)
Iraq, Kurdistan reportedly to form joint force to expel ‘armed’ groups from Sinjar
20 Jan 2017 – BAGHDAD,— Baghdad and Erbil have reached an initial agreement to form a joint force to “enforce law and order” in the Yazidi town of Sinjar (Shingal) in northwest Iraq and end the presence of armed groups in the area, the spokesperson for the Iraqi prime minister told Rudaw, a network close to Barzani’s KDP party. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82204
KURDEN PUTINS SICHT
Imperiale Gedankenspiele – US-Denkfabrik grübelt über Kurden-Politik
18.01.2017 • 13:58 Uhr RUSSIA TODAY – VON KARIN LEUKEFELD – In dem Papier grübeln die US-Strategen darüber, wie zu verhindern ist, dass sich die syrischen Kurden Russland und Damaskus annähern.
Das Washington Institute for Near East Policy hat eine Artikelsammlung veröffentlicht, die Empfehlungen für die Kurden-Politik der USA beinhaltet. Ziel ist es demnach, zu verhindern, dass sich die syrischen Kurden Russland und der Regierung Assad annähern. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=82187
MESOP AGENDA : ALL ISRAEL SALUTES DONALD TRUMP !
Trump bekräftigt: US-Botschaft kommt nach Jerusalem
In Begleitung von Reportern der Tageszeitung Israel haYom ist Donald J. Trump in Washington eingetroffen, wo er morgen als 45. Präsident der USA vereidigt wird. Im Gespräch mit den israelischen Journalisten bekräftigt der langejährige Freund und Unterstützer Israels: Trotz der heftigen Angriffe der scheidenden Obama-Administration und der EU, ist er fest entschlossen,
http://www.haolam.de/artikel_27838.html
[Video] MK Rabbi Yehuda Glick: `Warum ich zur Vereidigung von Donald J. Trump reise´
In einem Videostatement für den israelischen Nachrichtensender Arutz Sheva führt der Rabbiner aus, welch große Hoffnungen er in die Ära Trump im Weißen Haus setzt und warum er dessen Amtseinführung als epochale Zeitenwende biblischen Ausmaßes zum Guten für Israel und das jüdische Volk empfindet.
http://www.haolam.de/artikel_27837.html
Jerusalems Bürgermeister zu Trump: `Willkommen, guter Freund! [Video]
Die landesweite Kampagne läuft unter dem Slogan „Israel begrüßt Trump“. Bereits vor und insbesondere auch nach der US-Präsidentenwahlen hatten vor allem Vertreter der regierenden Parteien Israels und der Siedlerbewegung ihre Unterstützung und Sympathie für Donald J. Trump bekundet, dessen großer Wahlsieg in Israel mit Begeisterung aufgenommen
http://www.haolam.de/artikel_27836.html
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MESOP TODAYS FLASH : ISRAEL GOES PRO PUTIN
Annäherung zwischen Russland und Israel im Vorfeld der Syrien-Konferenz
RT Deutsch – Russia Today 19 Jan 2017
Die Serie von Luftangriffen auf den syrischen Militärflughafen Mezzah nahe Damaskus am Freitag letzter Woche hat heftige Reaktionen in Syrien …
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