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MESOP NEWS : DEMOCRATSPROTECTING THE MULLAH‘S
Michael P Pregent @MPPregent 13h13 hours ago
There appears to have been no basis for a criminal or intelligence probe of NSA Flynn http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445045/general-michael-flynn-national-security-adviser-fbi-investigation-phone-call-russian-ambassador …
MESOP NEWS TODAYS FLASH : IRAN & PUTIN & PKK/PYD GOING TOGETHER IN SYRIA
Moscow, Tehran have common goal in Syria: Larijani / Kurdpress 20 Febr 2017
Iran Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani stated that the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia have common goal in Syria. Tehran welcomes the process of joining of new states to the Syrian settlement process, especially if such countries’ participation contribute to the solution of the crisis in the country by political means, Larijani said Sunday. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82977
MESOP NEWS HEADLINE : NO DEFINITIVE POSITIVE RESULT IN MOSCOW FOR PYD/PKK KURDS
Kurds Urge Russia to Support Federalization for Syria – They call for strengthening Russian-Kurdish relations
Shoguna B. Sobir – 20 February 2017 – BasNews – ISTANBUL — Kurds from Syria, Iraq and Turkey made a joint declaration during the Kurdish National Conference held in Moscow, Russia on Friday. They urged Russia to support federalization of Syria and to protect the status of northern Kurdish-majority Syrian region, which was declared autonomous in 2016, but which the Syrian government does not recognize as legitimate. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82969
MESOP INSIGHT: THE ASSASSINATION OF MICHAEL FLYNN / MOSSAD COMMENTARIES
Former Mossad chief: Maybe Flynn was thrown under the bus to protect Trump
By Yonah Jeremy Bob – Jerusalem Post – February 19, 2017 06:15 – On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that some US intelligence officials are withholding certain intelligence from Trump because of continued concerns it will be compromised or leaked.
As the heat stays on the Trump administration about possible illegal communications with Russia, the resignation of National Security Council chief Michael Flynn last week and the proximity of his meetings with the Russian ambassador to his meetings with Mossad Director Yossi Cohen once again raised the question of whether Israeli intelligence has or could be leaked to Moscow.In December and January, stories started to circulate in the media that Israel, the UK, Australia and others might be reconsidering whether they could fully openly share intelligence with the Trump administration when incoming US President Donald Trump, Flynn and others seemed so close to Russia.On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that some US intelligence officials are withholding certain intelligence from Trump because of continued concerns it will be compromised or leaked. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82952
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP REPORT GENEVA : U.N. shifts on Syria talks language, in concession to Assad
By Tom Miles | GENEVA – Reuters – 19 Febr 2017
The United Nations is no longer using the phrase “political transition” to describe the goals of next week’s Syria peace talks, in a potentially major concession to negotiators representing President Bashar al-Assad. – “Political transition” is a phrase understood by the opposition to mean a removal of Assad or at least an erosion of his powers. But his government has rejected any suggestion that it could be on the table, and at previous peace talks in Geneva his negotiators consistently tried to steer away from it. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82940
MESOP NEWS SYRIA DAILY : US Tries to Draw a Line with Russia
February 19 – 2017 – By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – US and allies signal effort to put UN, rather than Russia, at center of Syrian political process
The US has told allies that the Trump Administration is not moving towards cooperation with Russia in Syria’s six-year conflict. At a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 conference in Germany, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said military ties with Russia rested on its position towards rebels fighting the Assad regime, according to officials and diplomats.“In the discussion, he made it clear that there would not be military cooperation until the Russians accepted that not all the opposition are terrorists,” one diplomat said.He also declared that the US backs UN efforts to broker a political solution to the war, officials and diplomats said. The approach should be based on Security Council Resolution 2254 — which called in December 2015 for a ceasefire and the start of a political transition — under the UN’s envoy, Staffan de Mistura. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82946
MESOP NEWS SYRIA FOCUS : ACCEPT ASSAD AND CONVERT SYRIA UNDER IRANIAN GUIDANCE INTO A SHIA COUNTRY – UN Drops “Political Transition” – Munich security conference
February 20 – The UN has dropped the phrase “political transition” from its concept of talks to resolve Syria’s six-year conflict, a shift pointing to acceptance of President Assad’s retention of power.
Speaking to the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura evaded questions about Friday’s e-mail from his spokesman putting aside “transition”. Instead, he maintained the line that discussions, due to resume in Geneva this week, will focus on a new constitution, free and fair elections administered under UN supervision, and transparent and accountable governance.The pursuit of a “transitional governing authority” has been a central tenet of the international approach to Syria since June 2012. However, President Assad — boosted by Russian and Iranian support — has been more and more vocal in his rejection, restating it firmly in January amid the renewal of indirect talks between the regime and an opposition-rebel bloc. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82958
MESOP NEWS – SYRIAN REBELS ASK TRUMP FOR SAFE ZONES – Trump to create safe zones in Syria ‘funded by Gulf States’
February 20, 2017 Syria – ARA News – President Donald Trump reiterated on Saturday that he will create ‘safe zones’ in war-torn Syria as an alternative to allowing refugees to enter the United States. Speaking at a rally in Florida, Trump said that he wants Gulf States to fund these safe zones. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82971
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP NEWS : THE OPPRESSION OF CHRISTIANS BY KURDS (KRG) – NORTH IRAQ
Iraqi Kurds keeping Christians and Yazidis from going home: Advocates
Posted on February 19, 2017 by Editorial Staff in Christians, Yazidis – John Rossomando | investigative Project
Iraq’s Assyrian Christians and Yazidis face an uncertain future, and advocates claim that the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) intends to prevent the minority groups from returning to the lands they fled in 2014 when ISIS took over. They also don’t forget that the KRG and its Peshmerga militia fighters refused to defend them from the ISIS onslaught in 2014. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82973
MESOP NEWS LATEST : Vice President Mike Pence tells Barzani U.S. support ‘unified Iraq’
20 Febr 2017 – MESOP – SULAIMANI,— U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, during a meeting with Massoud Barzani on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday, expressed his country’s support for a “unified, federal and democratic Iraq.”
The Vice President office said in a statement released on Saturday that Pence “encouraged close cooperation between the Government of Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government [KRG].” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82975
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP INSIGHT: THE TOP INCIRLIK MEETIN ABOUT YPG & TURKEY FUTURE – Top US General Hears Turkey’s Complaints About Kurdish Fighters
By Dorian Jones – 2017-02-18 19:13 GMT – ISTANBUL (VOA) — The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, met his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar Friday at NATO’s Incirlik airbase in southern Turkey. Talks between the NATO allies reportedly focused on Washington’s support for Syrian Kurdish militias in the fight against the Islamic State group. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82942
MESOP NEWS : RAQQA & YPG (PKK) & UNITED STATES CONTRA ERDOGAN ? /Syria
Turkey Sets Out Raqqa Operation Plans to U.S.
By Humeyra Pamuk – 2017-02-20 (Reuters) — Turkey has presented two proposals to the United States for how to carry out a joint military operation to drive Islamic State from its stronghold in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported on Saturday.
Ankara has said repeatedly that the planned operation should be conducted by local Arab forces, possibly with support from Turkish troops, as opposed to the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Force (SDF) — an alliance dominated by Kurdish YPG militia.Washington’s support for the SDF, which launched a campaign to encircle Raqqa in November, has caused tension with NATO-ally Turkey. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82965
MESOP NEWS INSIDER: RUSSIA PATIENT ON US PLANS FOR SYRIA / READ A SAMPLER OF EXPERT COMMENTARIES – Erdogan banks on motley crew of Syrian armed groups
US not persuaded to ditch Syrian Kurds
20 Febr 2017 – Al Monitor – Fehim Tastekin writes this week that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s expansive goals for Syria include a “Manbij and Raqqa in a three-phased operation. First will be setting up a ‘terror-free safe zone,’ which must also be covered by a no-fly zone. Second, Arabs and Turkmens will be settled in the safe zone. Finally, a national army will be established thrrough a ‘train and equip’ program.”
Read the other Experts and ressource persons – http://www.mesop.de/?p=82967
EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN)
MESOP NEWS IRAN & SWEDEN (FEMINISM FIRST!) – Tehran Lashes Out at Sweden, Threatening Economic Ties
February 19 – 2017 – Will row over Iran’s human rights dash Tehran’s hope of links with Sweden for economic recovery?
A week after a visit by a Swedish delegation including the Prime Minister, Iran has lashed out at Stockholm’s criticism of the Islamic Republic’s record on human rights.The Foreign Ministry expressed anger over Sweden’s plans to submit a draft UN resolution on March 10, claiming it was part of a plot with Washington and Israel. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82944
MESOP NEWS Iran Daily: Will Tension With Turkey End Syria Cooperation?
February 20 – eaworldview – Scott Lucas – A dispute between Iran and Turkey could threaten the co-operation between the two countries, along with Russia, for a resolution of Syria’s six-year crisis.On Sunday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi lashed out at Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, declaring that Turkey and certain other “delusional” countries are responsible for instability and insecurity in the Middle East.Qassemi was piqued by Cavusoglu’s remarks at the Munich Security Council about an an Iranian “sectarian policy” aimed at undermining Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. “Turkey is very much against any kind of division, religious or sectarian,” the Foreign Minister declared. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82956
MESOP SPECIAL : NO FAKE AT ALL ! 9 Iraqis gang rape German woman, trial starts this week
Posted on February 20, Reuters – By David Frankenhuis
In Austria, this Tuesday a court case will start against 9 Iraqi men for drugging, kidnapping, and gang raping a female tourist from Germany nearly 14 months ago in the capital of Vienna. The attack, during New Year’s Eve of 2015, was aimed at Julia S., a 29-year-old teacher who had come to visit her friend Mechthild H., 28, who lived in the Austrian city. Together, they were going to celebrate the New Year. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82954