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MESOP FOCUS : PKK/PYD PRACITICAL AT OPEN WAR WITH TURKEY
Turkish forces clash with Kurdish militia one day after deadly airstrikes #TwitterKurds
War monitor confirms exchange of fire near the town of Darbasiyeh, a day after Ankara carried… theguardian.com www.mesop.de
MESOP NEWS : LIZ SLY IS RIGHT ! – @LizSly
The US & Turkey are practically at war over the issue of US support for the YPG twitter.com/centcom/status… CENTCOM STATEMENT https://t.co/1TtDaVC71u?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&iid=af1e67c3e7d441c9afa84edba7d77c63&uid=2253272407&nid=244+281088008
MESOP : NOW PYD/PKK CALLS FOR NO FLY ZONE / THEY WERE STRICTLY AGAINST BEFORE
Rojava Is Under Attack. We need no Fly Zone! – When Turkey attacks Kurds, it hinders the war effort in the against ISIS.
#NoFlyZone4Rojava
MESOP EXCLUSIV VIDEO
#Syria Leaked video from #Assad-forces: Picup hit by ATMG
youtube.com/watch?v=pny07C… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pny07Cpl2jU
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MESOP NEWS TODAYS PRIME FOCUS – TRUMP’S US ADMINISTRATION ARGUES PRO ISRAELI NGO’S / BIBI ALONE AT HOME – MISSING TRUMP & MERKEL ?
U.S. Says Leftist Groups Under Fire From Netanyahu Are ‘Vital Part of Functioning Democracy’ – State Department says ‘diverse viewpoints’ of human rights groups such as B’Tselem and Breaking the Silence are important for civil society
Amir Tibon (Washington) Apr 27, 2017 3:03 PM HAARETZ
WASHINGTON – U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Wednesday during his daily press briefing that human rights groups such as Breaking the Silence and B’Tselem are an important part of “any functioning civil society.” Department Press Briefing – April 26, 2017 U.S. State Department: Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=85310
MESOP NEWS TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS
YPG, Turkish forces exchange fire on Syrian border – Al-Monitor
The diplomatic fallout from Turkey’s deadly airstrikes against Kurdish militants is growing as Turkey reacts angrily … Read all http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/04/ypg-turkish-forces-exchange-fire-hatay.html
MESOP SURPRISE : NOW PYD/PKK CALLING FOR NO-FLY-ZONE IN SYRIA
Kurds call on US to set up no-fly zone after Turkish attacks – Al-Monitor
26 April 2017 – Expect US-Turkey tensions to rise after the Turkish air force attacked Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Sinjar region and … Al-Monitor – http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/04/turkey-strike-kurds-sinjar-syria.html
MESOP NEWS “BAN ON TURKEY”
Turkey’s Rights Crackdown Comes Under Deeper Scrutiny / Report by Human Rights Watch
Europe’s top human rights body has decided to resume monitoring of Turkey’s human rights record for the first time in… https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/04/25/turkeys-rights-crackdown-comes-under-deeper-scrutiny
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WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP NEWS TODAYS TOP OF THE AGENDA : Turkey Arouses U.S. Concern Over Air Strikes – Commentaries by NYT / Al Jazeera / Bloomberg / CFR et.al.
U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the United States is “deeply concerned” about Turkish air strikes carried out on Tuesday in Iraq and northern Syria that killed U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters (DOS) from the People’s Protection Units (YPG). Toner said that Turkey can not pursue its fight against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) “at the expense of our common fight” against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. The Turkish military said the strikes, which killed at least seventy people, Read all commentaries http://www.mesop.de/?p=85280
MESOP NEWS Covering Up a War Crime: Russia & Assad Regime’s Disinformation Over Chemical Attack on Khan Sheikhoun
By – Scott Lucas – eaworldview – April 27, 2017 – In a seven-minute video, the New York Times explains how Russia and the Assad regime put out waves of disinformation to cover up the regime’s chemical attack on a town in northwest Syria on April 4. – The use of “sarin or a sarin-like substance”, in a missile fired by a regime Su-22 jet, killed at least 93 people and injured almost 600 in Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib Province. Trying to shift blame from Damascus, Moscow and the regime have issued a series of unsupported, contradictory claims while attempting to block an international investigation. www.mesop.de Watch Video http://www.mesop.de/?p=85302
MESOP NEWS REPORT ROJAVA : Turkey Attacks Kurdish Militia YPG for 2nd Day
April 27, 2017 – MESOP – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: “We are obliged to take measures. We must take steps.”The Turkish air force bombed positions of the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG in northeastern Syria for the second straight day on Wednesday, and cross-border fire and ground clashes were reported between the two sides.Ankara’s forces are also attacking camps of the Turkish Kurdish insurgency PKK, with which the YPG is linked, in northern Iraq. The YPG said on Tuesday that 20 of its fighters were killed and 18 wounded in Mount Karachok, near the border with Turkey. A Turkish statement on Wednesday said eight PKK fighters were killed and three shelters and gun emplacements were destroyed, while Turkish forces responded to mortar fire on an outpost in Hatay Province in southern Turkey. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=85304
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP INSIGHT : Mosul Campaign Day 191, Apr 25, 2017 – By Musings on Iraq
| There was a large advance in the western section of west Mosul, and very limited movement in the east. The Golden Division freed Tanak, which it fought over for almost a month. It is one of the largest neighborhoods in the city and is along the western edge. In the east the police inched ahead. It was still attacking the Old City along four axes and was said to have seized some streets in Bab al-Tob and Bab al-Jadid. The police recently restarted their operations in the district after a month long pause, but have only advanced a few meters.
To the west of the city the Hashd and the army’s 15thDivision launched a new operation towards the Syrian border. They seized 12 villages on the first day. The Islamic State is only lightly defending this area, so the Iraqis should be able to seize a large amount of territory in a short period of time. |
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MESOP NEWS REPORT : THE YEZIDI CONFERENCE IN MOSCOW ON PUTIN’S TICKET
Yezidis Complicating Moscow’s Efforts to Influence Kurds in Iraq and Syria
By Paul Goble – jamestown.org – 2017-04-27 – The convocation, last February, of a Kurdish conference in Moscow that included the Yezidis (Aranews.net, February 16), combined with new Kurdish-Yezidi claims that the Russian military has promised to provide them with training (Deutsche Welle, March 21), have highlighted Moscow’s continuing effort to win over those minority nationalities to its side in Iraq and Syria. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=85296
MESOP NEW “PKK POSES A SECURITY THREAT FOR THE WHOLE REGION”
Iraqi Parliament to Vote on Draft to Ban Foreign Armed Groups – The draft will ban the armed groups posing threat to the neighbouring states
Basnews English – 27/04/2017 – 16:31 – ERBIL — According to a draft, if passed by the Iraqi parliament, all foreign armed groups that are posing a potential threat to the security of the neighbouring countries need to be banned.
Shakhawan Abdullah, a Kurdish member of the Iraqi parliament, told BasNews that a draft is expected to be discussed in the Iraqi parliament on Thursday, according to which “no groups or parties are allowed to operate within Iraq and use its soil against another country.”
Referring to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah said the presence of the party in Sinjar will constitute major issues for Iraq, Kurdistan Region and Turkey, noting that Turkey may continue its military operations on Sinjar. He continued to say that PKK has turned Sinjar into another Qandil, referring to the party’s main headquarter located in Mount Qandil in northern Kurdistan Region, stating that PKK is using the area against Turkey.He added that PKK has posed a threat to the security of the region. www.mesop.de
MESOP LATEST : NOW A REGULAR OPEN WAR BETWEEN PKK/PYD & TURKEY IN SYRIA – Heavy clashes hit Rojava as Syrian Kurds respond to Turkish attacks
ARA NEWS 27 April 2017 – Artillery of the Turkish army on Wednesday hit the Kurdish town of Derbassiye in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province, shutting down the road between Derbassiye and Serikaniye. Furthermore, clashes broke out between Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Turkish military near the town of Afrin. “The Turkish army is targeted the positions of the YPG in Derbassiye and our units responded to the sources of fire intensively,” said Abdulkarim Omer, head of the foreign relations office at the Cezire (Hasakah) canton. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=85308
MESOP NEWS : DONALD T. – MORE POWER TO THE MILITARY IN IRAQ/SYR IA
Trump Gives Pentagon Authority to Set Troop Levels in Syria and Iraq
By Luis Martinez – abcnews.go.com – 2017-04-27 03:52 GMT – President Trump has delegated to the Pentagon the authority to set the American military troop levels in Iraq and Syria. The move restores a process that was in place prior to the Bush and Obama administrations and is another sign of how the White House is giving military commanders greater flexibility in their operations. “The President has delegated the authority for Force Management Levels (FML) for Iraq and Syria to the Secretary,” said Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, referring to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=85298
THE GERMAN CHAPTER
MESOP NEWS METAMORPHOSEN : . ….. geht’s denn vice versa auch: Antisemiten ohne Antisemitismus ? Ich bin eine große Freundin der formal-analogenLogik!
Politik „Antisemitismus ohne Antisemiten“ greift um sich – Von Alan Posener | 25.04.2017 | DIE WELT – Judenhass unter dem Deckmantel der sogenannten Israel-Kritik ist in der Bundesrepublik auf dem Vormarsch.
…. Dieses verhunzte Vokabular schon, des ansonsten sich vornehm geben Alan, der seine alten bekannten Projektionen hier Wort für Wort wiederholt: „Greift auf Vormarsch unter Deckmantel um sich“.
Jawollja, einfach so! Posener Du gabst dich sprachlich schon filigraner. www.mesop.de
MESOP NEWS INTENTION : FÜR DIE DEMOKRATISIERUNG DES GESAMTEN NAHEN OSTENS
NGOs in Israel unter Druck Agenten des Auslands?
Schlechte Zeiten für einen deutschen Schulterschluss: Kritik an der israelischen Besetzung der Palästinensergebiete ist nicht vorgesehen. Organisationen, die sich dagegen aussprechen, werden von der Regierung bekämpft. 27.04.2017, von Joseph Croitoru
Noch nie war der Einfluss der israelischen Siedlerlobby auf die Regierung in Jerusalem so groß wie heute. Die Siedler, immer noch eine relativ kleine Minderheit, nutzen diese Stellung nicht nur, um in den von Israel besetzten Gebieten im Westjordanland immer weiter vollendete Tatsachen zu schaffen. Sie haben sich auch zum Ziel gesetzt, der israelischen Gesellschaft ihre politischen und kulturellen Vorstellungen aufzuzwingen. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=85292
MESOP NEUIGKEITEN : ALLE SIND IN SACHSEN ! – Verbotene Terrororganisation PKK in Sachsen aktiv
26 April 2017 – Neben den absurden Nazi-Anschuldigungen des türkischen Staatspräsidenten Erdogan erhebt sein Land einen weiteren Vorwurf an Deutschland: Hierzulande würde nicht entschieden genug gegen die PKK, die Arbeiterpartei Kurdistans, vorgegangen. Die PKK ist sowohl in der Türkei, als auch in Deutschland als Terrororganisation verboten. Und tatsächlich ist sie weiterhin bei uns aktiv. Auch im Freistaat Sachsen. – von Sebastian Hesse, MDR-AKTUELL-Chefreporter – Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=85284
MESOP NEUIGKEITEN : KURDISCHE ARABER AUS DER GEGEND VON MARDIN & LIBANON
Interview mit Ralph Ghadban-Experte: “Clans in Deutschland fühlen sich so stark, dass sie zum Angriff übergehen” – FOCUS-Online-Redakteur Julian Rohrer – Mittwoch, 26.04.2017, 15:43
Derzeit wird in Hameln Mitgliedern einer Großfamilie der Prozess gemacht. Der Vorwurf: versuchte Gefangenenbefreiung und Landfriedensbruch. Mitglieder des sogenannten Mhallami-Clans versuchten im Januar 2015 zunächst, einen wegen Raubes vorläufig festgenommenen Verwandten zu befreien. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=85286
MESOP NEWS „WHATS ON!“ – DAS DEUTSCH-ISRAELISCHE VERHÄLTNIS IST HISTORISCH VON MERKEL NUN GEKÜNDIGT
Merkel stärkt Gabriel den Rücken – und kritisiert Netanyahu
26 April 2017 – Das Deutschland der Bundesregierung trennt sich von Israel. – Wie israelische Medien berichten, habe Bundeskanzlerin Merkel (CDU) wissen lassen, an dem Treffen des SPD-Außenministers Gabriel mit israelischen „NGO“s sei „nichts falsches“. Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel sagte am Mittwoch, es sei “bedauerlich”, dass der israelische Ministerpräsident Binyamin Netanyahu ihrem Außenminister ein Treffen verweigerte, nachdem der Diplomat Gespräche mit linken Gruppen geführt hatte. Laut dem israelischen Nachrichtensender Arutz Sheva erklärte der Sprecher der Bundesregierung hinsichtlich des Treffens Gabriels mit linken NGO’s : “Es sollte nicht problematisch sein, dass sich ausländische Besucher mit kritischen Vertretern der Zivilgesellschaft treffen.” www.mesop.de
MESOP NEWS : 2 OFFENBACHER IN COVERT ACTION
Als Flüchtling registriert – Das unfassbare Doppelleben eines deutschen Oberleutnants
Von Florian Flade | 27 April 2017 – | DIE WELT – Ein Bundeswehrsoldat wurde wegen Terrorverdachts festgenommen. Er ließ sich offenbar Ende 2015 als Flüchtling registrieren – Nadja Niesen, Staatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt/Main, über die Ermittlungen. Quelle: N24 – Ein Bundeswehrsoldat war als syrischer Flüchtling registriert – und er soll einen Terroranschlag geplant haben. Hinter dem kuriosen Plan des Oberleutnants steht mutmaßlich ein ausländerfeindliches Motiv. – Die Fakten sind zunächst schnell erzählt: Ein 28-jähriger Bundeswehrsoldat soll sich eine Pistole beschafft haben. Die Staatsanwaltschaft glaubt, dass er damit ein Attentat verüben wollte. Möglicherweise aus ausländerfeindlichen, rechtsradikalen Motiven heraus. Am Donnerstag wurde der Soldat schließlich festgenommen. Mehrere Wohnungen wurden durchsucht. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=85300