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MESOP NEWS : PROTEST ! PROTEST !
Long time female Kurdish politician, activist & symbol of #Kurd struggle Leyla Zana detained.Rudaw English @RudawEnglish #BREAKING: Renowned Kurdish parliamentarian Leyla Zana detained in Turkey. www.mesop.de
MESOP TODAYS QUOTATION : PUTIN’S THINKER / LUCKY WITH OBAMA !
Renowned Scholar Valery Solovei: ‘Our Elite Was Lucky With Obama. He Was A Rather Weak President… Trump Could Apply Very Strong Pressure… And Within A Very Short Time’
9 Febr 2017 – The Russian media outlet Fotanka.ru published a long interview by Irina Tumakova on events Russian lawmakers should anticipate in 2017 with one of the most influential and highly quoted intellectuals, Professor Valery Solovei. In the interview, Solovei stated that Russia will witness “the start” of a “very serious political crisis in 2017,” which will last for about three years. He further explained that the political crisis will be characterized by the “growing incapacity of the state power to make decisions”, and implement them. “And at the same time it’s the increase of mass discontent; the society refuses to trust this power. And the refusal gathers strength. I think this process will take two or three years. But it will start in 2017. And the presidential election of 2018 will be an important, maybe even critical, stage of this crisis,” Solovei stated. www.mesop.de
MESOP SHORT CUTS : WHO IS MORE POWERFUL ?
Turkey offered Pompeo to send 10,000 rebels + Turkish troops to Raqqa. YPG says they have 40,000+
10 Febr 2017 – CIA chief Pompeo discusses fight against Daesh, FETÖ, YPG terrorists during Ankara visit – The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) newly appointed Director Mike Pompeo paid a visi… Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82751
MESOP TOP OF THE AGENDA : NO SAFE ZONES & BAD INTEL / SYRIA
Russia: Turkey Provided Intel Behind ‘Friendly Fire’
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said intelligence that led to a Russian airstrike in Syria that killed three Turkish soldiers in a “friendly fire” incident (Reuters) came from Turkish sources. Also in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad rejected U.S. President Trump’s proposal of “safe zones” (Reuters) in the country and said he would “welcome” U.S. troops to participate in the fight against the self-proclaimed Islamic State.
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MESOP NEWS DOCUMENTS : Official Russian Draft Proposal For A New Syrian Constitution
During the peace talks in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana (January 23-24), Russian diplomats circulated to the Syrian opposition a draft constitution for Syria. However, the Syrian opposition rejected the draft. On January 27, during a meeting with the Syrian opposition in Moscow, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented: “There is much idle talk about the draft constitution that was circulated at the Astana meeting. I would like to clarify the matter again, hopefully, for the last time. The draft we presented was an attempt to bring together and identify the common elements in the ideas expressed by the Syrian Government and the opposition, including those who are present here, over the past few years when we maintained contact and tried to find a way out of the Syrian crisis. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82721
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP NEWS BACKGROUNDER : The rise & fall of a CIA-backed rebel commander in Syria – by @ErikaSolomon
09 Feb 2017 – This is a wonderful and important article by Erika Solomon. @ErikaSolomon for the Financial Times. – The rise and fall of a CIA-backed rebel commander in Syria: Former ‘fixer’ for anti-Assad forces comes to terms with failed US policy – By Erica Solomon – There was a time when “Abu Ahmad”, a bulky man with a heavy limp, held court in the smoke-filled cafés of southern Turkey. Fellow Syrian opposition leaders looked to him for help; foreign intelligence officers sought his opinion. When he crossed into Syria, he brought bags filled with hundred-dollar bills to hand out to rebel fighters. His comrades received US-approved anti-tank missiles, discreetly delivered at the border. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82730
MESOP NEWS INSIDER COMMENTARY : THE CAMPAIGN TO RETAKE RAQQA IS ACCELERATING
By Fabrice Balanche – Fabrice Balanche, an associate professor and research director at the University of Lyon 2, is a visiting fellow at The Washington Institute. – PolicyWatch 2760
February 9, 2017 – Kurdish-led forces are in good position for a final assault on the Islamic State’s Syrian stronghold, and other actors seem ready to either support them or stand aside and benefit from their faster progress on the battlefield. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82733
MESOP BACKGROUND: PKK CRACKS DOWN KURDISH UNITY / NO PAN KURDISH CONFERENCE / PKK GOES MORE & MORE MOSCOW
KDP denies invitation to pan-Kurdish conference in Moscow
February 10, 2017 – ARA News – A senior official of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on Thursday denied that the KDP was invited to a Kurdish conference scheduled on 15 February in Moscow alongside the Democratic Union Party (PYD).
A representative of the Syrian Kurdish PYD in Moscow said that the KDP, PYD, the pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy Party (HDP) from Turkey and other parties from Iraqi and Iranian Kurdistan were invited.“We received no invitation,” Hemin Hawrami, the KDP’s head of foreign relations told ARA News. “If the PYD gets along with the KNC [Kurdish National Council in Syria], we don’t have any other problems with the PYD. We just want them to return to the Duhok agreement, that is all what we want,” he said.According to the pro-Russian government Sputnik news agency, Kurdish politicians are expected to meet with their Russian counterparts and hold a press conference afterwards. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82737
MESOP FLASH ROJAVA-SYRIA : “REVOLUTIONARY” PYD/PKK COLLABORATES AGAIN WITH ASSAD & JOINS PUTIN
Kurds in Aleppo Reconcile With Syrian Government
By Leith Fadel – Al-Masdar News – 2017-02-10 00:07 GMT – At least 6 towns in northern Aleppo have agreed to reconcile with the Syrian government after Russian advisors mediated between the parties this week. According to reports from northern Aleppo, the Kurdish towns of Tal Rifa’at and Mennagh agreed to reconcile with the government after more than 4 years of being under rebel control. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=82740
MESOP NEWS EXTRA : THE EQUIPE FOR GENEVA – Syrian opposition to form unified delegation for Geneva
http://o-t.tv/pFy -10 Febr 2017 Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC), the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces and some armed opposition representatives are coming together in Saudi Arabia for a conference aimed at appointing the names of their delegation to attend Syria peace talks planned for 20 February in Geneva, Switzerland.Ahmad Ramadan, the media official in the Syrian Coalition, said that the political body of the coalition ended on Thursday a meeting which discussed the Syrian political trajectory. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=82744
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP NEWS TURKEY : TESTING & TALKING – CIA chief in Turkey for key talks
ANKARA – 9 Febr 2017 – Hurriyet – The new director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Mike Pompeo, arrived in Ankara on Feb. 9, following a phone call between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump as part of a bid to launch a fresh beginning in bilateral ties. Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=82728
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAN)
MESOP NEWS “THE NEW HORIZON BY MULLAH’S” : KAK KOSRET PRO IRAN : Iran opened new horizon to Kurdish fighting, Iraqi Kurdish official says in letter to Islamic Revolution Leader
The Deputy Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kosrat Rasul, wrote a letter to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, where he congratulated the 38th anniversary of the revolution’s victory and stated that the Islamic Revolution opened a new horizon to Kurdish fighting in Iraq. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82719
MESOP NEWS FORECAST – Assyrian Statehood: Preventing a Rupture in Kurdish-American Relations – By Bradley Martin
www.jns.org – 2017-02-09 22:48 GMT – Bradley Martin is a fellow with the Haym Salomon Center news and public policy group and deputy editor for the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research.
Assyrian autonomy would do more than rectify a centuries-old injustice. It could also be the key to preventing irreversible damage to relations between the U.S. and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban against seven Muslim-majority countries has been met with a growing backlash in the Middle East. In response to Trump’s executive order, the Iraqi parliament voted to support reciprocal restrictions, barring Americans from entering Iraq unless Washington reverses its decision. This leaves Iraqi Kurds in a very precarious position. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82742
MESOP NEWS OVERVIEW : Mosul Campaign Day 114, Feb 8, 2017 / COMPLETE REPORT
| MUSINGS ON IRAQ – 10 Feb 2017 07:51 – The army chief of staff General Osman al-Ghani said that the attack on west Mosul would start soon. He encouraged people to return to the city and for the government to assist those still displaced. The government is continuing to push its propaganda line that the Islamic State is defeated and that taking west Mosul will be easier than east Mosul as a result.
A commander from the Golden Division told the press that IS had no presence in east Mosul, and yet sleeper cells continue to be found along with infiltrations and continuous shelling and drone strikes. General Saadi Maan statedthat the insurgents were no longer in liberated sections of Mosul. He did acknowledge that there were infiltrators. Five IS fighters were killedtrying to sneak into the Rashidiya neighborhood in the northern tip of the city. In nearby Darkazliasearches led to a firefight with 16 IS being killed, and 17 arrested including 2 suicide bombers. Several more insurgents were discovered trying to cross the Tigris into east Mosul and were wiped out. Drone attacks, mortar fire, and rockets on eleven neighborhoods left 45 dead and 21 wounded. There are gun battles with militants almost every day now in east Mosul. The government has warned about sleeper cells and IS fighters who disappeared into the general population. The Iraqi forces (ISF) are attempting to root them out with raids and searches throughout the city. At the same time, IS is shelling and launching drone strikes causing more and more casualties. This is leading to continued displacement from Mosul. |
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MESOP MIDDLE EAST
MESOP FOCUS : NETANYAHU’S AGENDA – THE TRUMP-NETANYAHU MEETING IN THE CONTEXT OF EMERGING U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY
By Robert Satloff – PolicyWatch 2761 – February 9, 2017 – The following is an edited version of remarks delivered by executive director Dr. Robert Satloff to a Washington Institute Policy Forum, February 8, 2017. Watch video of the entire event; a summary of remarks by co-speaker David Makovsky will be published in a separate PolicyWatch.
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington at a time when the new administration, still in its early days of personnel selection, is also grappling with a series of paradoxes emerging from statements and commitments made over the past year by Candidate Trump, President-elect Trump, and President Trump. MAIN GOALS OF TRUMP MIDDLE EAST POLICY : Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82735
THE GERMAN CHAPTER
MESOP NEWS : VERMUTLICHER BRANDANSCHLAG DURCH KURDISCHE PKK ANHÄNGER IN ESSEN
Razzia nach Brandanschlag – Ermittler sehen kurdischen Hintergrund – 09.02.17 17:53 – Razzien in elf NRW-Städten nach Brandanschlag in Essen
Essen – Rund drei Monate nach einem Brandanschlag auf ein türkisches Café in Essen hat die Polizei in mehreren nordrhein-westfälischen Städten am Donnerstag 13 Personen festgenommen. Damit sitzen jetzt insgesamt 16 Verdächtige im Alter zwischen 14 und 42 Jahren wegen des Vorwurfs des versuchten Mordes und der schweren Brandstiftung in Untersuchungshaft, wie die Ermittler am Donnerstag berichteten. Alle Festgenommenen haben den Angaben zufolge einen kurdischen Hintergrund. Nach vier weiteren Verdächtigen, die bei einer Razzia am frühen Morgen nicht angetroffen wurden, wird weiter mit Haftbefehl gesucht. Bei dem Anschlag Anfang November war ein Mann leicht verletzt worden. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=82717
MESOP CULTURE „DER STERN“ VON HEUTE TITELSLOGAN : DAS MANICHÄISCH-DEUTSCHE WELTBILD IN NAHER VOLLENDUNG
……. TITEL – „ TRUMP GEGEN DEN DEN REST DER WELT“ : Mithin ein einziger absolut Bösewicht nur noch ! – und daneben der insgesamt gute Weltrest der Vereinigten Völker & Ethnien und ihrer Herrscher, die ja wie Putin soeben nicht nur das Erstschlagen von Frauen ausdrücklich aus dem Strafrechtskatalog entfernt haben.
So das Linke Establishmet des STERN aus Hamburg. Die Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands war wahrscheinlich nur die rationelle Vorbereitung auf die Gesamtorientierung in Richtung Rußland. Der Drang nach Osten – die politische prima pathologia der Deugtschen. www.mesop.de
MESOP Umfrage: Mehrheit der Euopäer bejahen Trump´s Einwanderungsstopp
Wie NBC News berichtet, ergab eine repräsentative Umfrage in 10 europäischen Ländern, daß im Durchschnitt 55 Prozent der Befragten die Anordnung des US-Präsidenten für richtig befinden., dies berichtet der israelische Nachrichtensender Arutz Sheva. Ein analoges Verbot für Europa wird unterstützt von 71 Prozent in Polen, 53 Prozent in Deutschland, 47
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MESOP KOMMENTAR: „FREIER WELTHANDEL !?“ – DER NOCH NIE SO KONTROLLIERT & GESTEUERT WAR ? – Draghis Zwangsabwertung des E URO
Kommentar – Munition für Trump
Deutschland hat 2016 einen Rekord-Exportüberschuss erwirtschaftet. Das zeigt: Die Qualität der Produkte überzeugt offenbar. Den Konflikt mit Trump dürfte das trotzdem befeuern.
10.02.2017, von Britta Beeger FAZ – Die Kritik ist programmiert: Wieder hat Deutschland einen gewaltigen Exportüberschuss erzielt. Auch einige deutsche Ökonomen sehen darin einen Grund zur Sorge und warnen schon, dass das den Konflikt mit dem amerikanischen Präsidenten Donald Trump weiter anheizen dürfte. Schließlich hat Trumps Chefberater in Handelsfragen Deutschland gerade vorgeworfen, aus dem unterbewerteten Euro unfaire Vorteile im Handel mit den Vereinigten Staaten und anderen Ländern zu ziehe: www.mesop.de