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MESOP TODAYS HEADINE : “Syria is emptying” ( New York Times) – To be rebuilt in Deutschland

MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS

McGURK MEETS BARZANI & SALIH MUSLIM (PYD/PKK)

Brett McGurk ‏@brett_mcgurk 16h16 hours ago – Returned tonight to the Iraqi Kurdistan Region for discussions on pressing the offensive against #ISIL across northern #Iraq and #Syria. – Important meetings today in #Erbil w/President Masud Barzani & #PYD’s @serokepyd on combined efforts against #ISIL.

 

MESOP : THE WORDS ARE CHANGING

@SBatsanov @lrozen This, for one example: Sir John Jenkins Middle East Departement Foreign Office (UK). Read his word: then and now. http://www.mesop.de/?p=64730

 

MESOP : A MASS MURDER AS A DIALOGUE PARTNER

Sobering insights (& photos) from @BowenBBC on Syrian regime tenacity and the all-devouring dynamic of war http://bbc.in/1M99PmA

 

MESOP : CIZRE IS THE HOT SPOT – NOT DIYARBAKIR

Cizre in turmoil as Turkish military operations continue – #ARAnews http://is.gd/PXo446

 

MESOP : BAVE PESHMERGA !

Several IS-suspects arrested by Peshmerga forces after succesful operations in the southern Kirkuk frontline. http://fb.me/4oe4XMZXC

 

MESOP : PKK identifies IS in Sweden

Pro #PKK elements attack   #Sweden Police and calls them #ISIS https://www.facebook.com/Slutakastasten/posts/888879371193787 … #TwitterKurds #Turkey

 

MESOP : PUTINS HARDWARE & BOOTS

New York Times World ‏@nytimesworld 26m26 minutes ago – U.S. analysts say Russia has T-90 tanks, howitzers, APCs, 200 marines & housing for 1,500 personnel in Syria http://nyti.ms/1F0oaST

 

MESOP : TURKEYS HIERARCHY

ilhan tanir ‏@WashingtonPoint 1h1 hour ago – New #Metropoll: Biggest problem of Turkey: terror/pkk: %42 Economy: %22 Talks w/PKK:6 Corruption:6 Syrian ref: 0.8 ISIS: 0.3 Gulen Grp: 0,2

 

MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT (II)

MESOP : THE EUROPEEN AHMADINEJAD

Peace in Kurdistan Campaign Says ‘Congratulations’ to Jeremy Corbyn

Dear Jeremy – Peace in Kurdistan would like to send its warm congratulations to you on the great news of your victory in the Labour leadership contest. Estella Schmidt London

 

MESOP EXCLUSIV : & READ : This Satellite Image Leaves No Doubt That Russia Is Throwing Troops and Aircraft Into Syria – It also shows just how screwed America’s Syria policy is: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64713

 

MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY : Putin’s Syria Play – Obama’s vacuum helps Russia reverse 70 years of U.S. Mideast policy.

Wall Street Journal 15 Sep 2015 -For 70 years American Presidents from both parties have sought to thwart Russian influence in the Middle East. Harry Truman forced the Red Army to withdraw from northern Iran in 1946. Richard Nixon raised a nuclear alert to deter Moscow from resupplying its Arab clients during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Even Jimmy Carter threatened military force to protect the Persian Gulf after the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.So it says something about the current Administration’s strategic priorities that it is having trouble deciding what to do about Vladimir Putin’s decision to send combat planes to Syria to prop up Bashar Assad’s faltering regime. Should the U.S. oppose the move—or join in? – Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64711

 

WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)

MESOP : PUTIN WITH TANKS & BOOTS ON THE GROUND – Russian Tanks Arrive in Syria

Cbsnews . 2015-09-14 20:16 GMT – As Russia continues to expand a military base and key airport along Syria’s Mediterranean coast, they are sending about two military transport flights per day to the country, U.S. officials estimate. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports Moscow is believed to have already positioned a half-dozen T-90 tanks, three dozen armored personnel carriers, and 15 artillery pieces at their growing military base near the city of Latakia. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64720

 

 

MESOP : THE PYD/PKK AS AN IRANIAN-SYRIAN PROJECT

KDP-S Aims to Replace PYD When Syrian Regime Falls – Syrian Kurds flee to Europe to avoid PYD Compulsory Military Service: KDP-S official

Basnews | Isa Abdulqahar – 15.09.2015 14:16 – ERBIL – A Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria (KDP-S) politburo member says that imposing obligatory military service in Syrian Kurdistan has exacerbated a poor situation where people are already struggling with a lack of food and basics. In an exclusive interview with BasNews, Faisal Ismail claimed that the Democratic Union Party (PYD) is forcing not only youths, but also those in their 30s and 40s to join military units. This, he believes, is the reason for Syrian Kurds leaving the country. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64726

 

MESOP : THE SOVIET REPUBLIC OF WEST KURDISTAN – ROJAVA / THE NEW STALIN IN ALL SCHOOL BOOKS – TOTALITARIAN RE-EDUCATION BY PYD/PKK

Syrian Kurdish Party Condemns PYD’s Changing of School Education – KNC accuses PYD of pursuing a totalitarian ideology

Basnews – 15.09.2015 11:15 – QAMISHLI – The Kurdish National Council, a member of the Syrian Coalition, condemned the Democratic Union Party’s (PYD) changing of school textbooks under the pretext of teaching the Kurdish language, in a statement released on the website of the Syrian Coalition on Monday.The Kurdish National Council accused the PYD of pursuing a totalitarian ideology aimed at the abolition of the role of political forces and civil society organizations, rejecting any repeat the Ba’ath Party’s policies of ideological education. Read more: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64728

 

MESOP BACKGROUND : Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa: History, Analysis & Interview – By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

History and Analysis -Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa (the Raqqa Revolutionaries Brigade) was initially formed in September 2012 as a merger of several local rebel groups in Raqqa province following on from the Assad regime’s loss of the northern border town of Tel Abyad, at a time when the regime was forced to pull back from large swathes of northern Syrian border areas to focus on defending more vital areas- in particular the provincial capitals. Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa declared its loyalty to a “Revolutionary Military Council” in Raqqa province, a loose umbrella similar to other early nationalist rebel structures like the FSA Military Council of Col. Oqaidi in Aleppo province. Watch pics & documents: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64722

 

MESOP TOP OF THE SYRIA AGENDA

Putin Vows to Continue Supporting Syrian Government / WATCH Ressource Voices – NY Times – Foreign Policy – Project Syndicate ( Click for Links)

Speaking at a security summit in Tajikistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged (WSJ) continued military assistance to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his regime, and appealed to other countries to join him. The statement comes amid concerns of a possible Russian military buildup in the Middle Eastern country. On Monday, the Pentagon said that Russia appears to be setting up an air base (Al Jazeera) in Syria, days after U.S. officials alleged that Moscow sent tanks and artillery (Reuters) to back the regime.

ANALYSIS By Ny Times et. al : http://www.mesop.de/?p=64740

 

MESOP NEWS : Turkey reopens only border crossing with Syria

15 Sep 2015 – Turkish border authorities reopened the only official border crossing between Turkey and Syria on Tuesday after a member of a Turkish border patrol was killed last week by gunfire from the Syrian side of the border. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64742

 

MESOP TODAYS OPINION: THE REINSTATING OF AN OLD DICTATOR FOR TO CONTINUE OLD MIDDLE EAST

By HUSSAIN ABDUL-HUSSAIN – Now Media Beirut – Updated: 15/09/2015 01:51 PM

To stem the flood of Syrian refugees into their countries, Europeans have found a solution: keep Syrian President Bashar Assad in power so that he can lock up Syrians, again, in the big prison that Syria was before 2011. And if Assad has to kill hundreds of thousands more Syrians, that would be a lesser price for Europeans to pay than the world blaming them for images of frightened, bruised and dead Syrian refugees.In Washington, word has it that National Security Advisor Susan Rice formed a committee of Syria experts, weeks ago, and tasked them with presenting her schemes of “living with Assad.” Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64750

 

NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)

MESOP : DEMIRTAS (HDP) SPEAKS ABOUT PEACE – PKK LEADERSHIP PROVOKES MORE WAR

–          A DIVISION OF LABOUR –

DIYARBAKIR-AMED, 15 Sep 2015 Turkey’s Kurdish region,— afp – Thirteen Turkish soldiers were wounded when their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb explosion in the largely Kurdish eastern province of Mus in Turkish Kurdistan, security sources said on Tuesday.

 

Turkey will go ahead with military operations in Iraq: Foreign Ministry / BAGHDAD REACTION

15 Sep 2015 – Hurriyet – Turkey will resolutely continue military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson said, following criticisms from Iraqi authorities. Elaborating on the Iraqi foreign minister’s reaction against Turkish military’s Iraq operations in which Ibrahim al-Jafari called on Ankara to coordinate with Baghdad in its military campaign against the PKK, Bilgiç said Turkey simultaneously fights several terrorist organizations and will press ahead with military operations against the terrorist organization.   Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64746

 

MESOP : COLLECTING ORDERS FROM PKK LEADERSHIP

HDP committee meets PKK figures in Kandil amid ongoing violence

DİYARBAKIR – Doğan News Agency – 15 Sep 2015 – An eight-member committee, including Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ and HDP deputy Ertuğrul Kürkçü, has met with the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) administration, headquartered in northern Iraq’s Kandil Mountains, on recent developments. Aside from Yüksekdağ and Kürkçü, among the committee were Democratic Society Congress (DTK) co-chair Selma Irmak and Democratic Regions’ Party (DBP) co-chair Kamuran Yüksek. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64748

THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER : KOOPERATION MIT AGGRESSIVEN WAFFENHÄNDLERN

Merkel: NATO Wants to Cooperate With Russia, Not Pursue Anti-Russia Policy

Sputnik International. Russia.

 

+++ ISIS-Terror im News-Ticker +++Lawrow kündigt neue russische Waffenlieferungen für Syrien an

FOCUS Online -16.43 Uhr: Russland hat die USA aufgerufen, ihren Kampf gegen die Dschihadistenmiliz Islamischer Staat (IS) in Syrien mit der Regierung in …

 

MESOP : Ischinger stellte mit Blick auf den Konflikt in Syrien fest: „Wir haben vor vier Jahren fälschlicherweise weg geschaut.“ Doch auch Nichtstun habe Folgen. Nun lande der Konflikt „krachend vor unserer Haustür“.

Syrien – Ischinger für Militär-Einsatz Deutschlands

FAZ 15 Sep 2015 – Der Konflikt in Syrien ist einer der Gründe für den großen Flüchtlingsandrang. Der Leiter der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz fordert deshalb von Deutschland militärisches Engagement. Sonst dürfe man sich nicht über Millionen Flüchtlinge wundern, so Ischinger. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=64709

 

MESOP : SALAFISTISCHE LEITKULTUR IN DEUTSCHLAND / Erst getrennte „Unterkünfte“, später separierte Wohnquartiere

Hamburg: Übergriffe auf jesidische und christliche Asylbewerber – Telepolis – 15 Sept 2015 – Kurdische Linken-Abgeordnete fordert getrennte Unterkünfte

Ein privater Hamburger Sicherheitsdienstleister beschäftigte bis vor kurzem Sunniten, die christliche Flüchtlinge in der Unterkunft Schnackenburgallee “quälten und schlugen”. Obwohl es nach dem Bekanntwerden dieser Vorfälle zu Entlassungen kam, sind kurdischsprachige Jesiden (die von islamischen Extremisten als “Teufelsanbeter” verfolgt werden) und Christen nach Informationen der Hamburger Bürgerschaftsabgeordneten Cansu Özdemir weiterhin Schikanen ausgesetzt. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=64716

 

MESOP: DIE KOMMENDEN KRIEGE DER NEUEN BÜRGER

Krawalle in Kreuzberg – Flaschenwürfe und Pöbeleien: Türken und Kurden gehen in Berlin aufeinander los – Dienstag, 15.09.2015, 07:31 – http://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/krawalle-in-berlin-kreuzberg-erneute-auseinandersetzungen-zwischen-tuerken-und-kurden_id_4947217.html

 

MESOP : Quel surprise ! – ‘Willkommensbilder haben Sogwirkung auf Flüchtlinge’ – Von Elisa Makowski, epd

Erbil, Frankfurt a.M. (epd). Bilder von Flüchtlingsbegrüßungen an deutschen Bahnhöfen haben nach Einschätzung des Nahost-Experten Thomas von der Osten-Sacken einen Sogeffekt. «Da sitzen Menschen seit drei Jahren unterversorgt und hungrig in einem Flüchtlingslager», sagte der Geschäftsführer der Hilfsorganisation Wadi dem Evangelischen Pressedienst (epd). «Daher ist es nur verständlich, dass sie sagen: Dann gehen wir nach Deutschland, dort brauchen wir uns keine Sorgen zu machen, dass wir im Winter erfrieren.» Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=64718

 

MESOP : AUF DEM WEG ZU FREIEN NEUWAHLEN ?

Verhaftung von kurdischem Politiker Abdullah Demirbas verstärkt Spannungen im Südosten der Türkei

Seit dem 4. September kommt der Südosten der Türkei nicht zur Ruhe: In Cizîra Botan (Cizre) gilt erneut die Ausgangssperre, Scharfschützen sind in der Stadt auf Minaretten und anderen hohen Türmen postiert. Weitere Ortschaften im kurdischen Gebiet der Türkei wurden durch türkische Sicherheitskräfte von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten. So auch der zentrale Bezirk Sur in Diyarbakir, der heimlichen Hauptstadt der türkischen Kurden. Zudem ließ die türkische Regierung hier gewählte Vertreter der Kurden festnehmen, unter ihnen der populäre ehemalige Bürgermeister Abdullah Demirbas. Sie alle hatten sich gegen die Festnahmen kurdischer Jugendlicher eingesetzt.

 

MESOP : ABWARTEN & TEE TRINKEN – Gazprom: Wegen politischer Krise in der Türkei wird Turkish Stream bis zu den Neuwahlen aufgeschoben

15 Sep 2015 – Russlands Energieriese Gazprom hat den Baustart des Erdgaspipeline-Projekts wegen der militärischen und politischen Krise in der Türkei aufgeschoben. Dies teilte der stellvertretende Vorsitzende des weltgrößten Erdgasförderunternehmens, Alexander Medwedew, am Montag mit. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=64744