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MESOP TODAYS QUOTATION : UN ACCUSES PYD(PKK) ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
“The commission always reported on violence commited by the YPG in previous reports,” said Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria on Monday as he presented the commission’s report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. “The YPG looted and destroyed some areas.” www.mesop.de
MESOP : JOHN KERRY PREFERS PYD ( PKK) MORE THAN ERDOGAN
“Turkey’s attempts to drive a wedge between Washington and its PYD and YPG allies — and to get these groups listed as terrorist organizations — has failed thus far. This became apparent again Sept. 21 during State Department spokesman John Kirby’s daily press briefing in Washington.” www.mesop.de
MESOP TODAYS VERY BAD JOKE ! : Collected by Iranians
Atomic Agency Defends How Iran Collected Evidence at Secret Base
Thomas Erdbrink and David Sanger | New York Times – 22 Sep 2015 – The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that Iran had turned over samples from a suspected site of nuclear experimentation, but confirmed that they had been collected by Iranians under the watchful eye of surveillance devices, rather than by outside nuclear inspectors. www.mesop.de
MESOP TODAYS REPORT : Why Turkey Isn’t Stopping the Migrants
By Bora Bayraktar – EURONEWS – 2015-09-23 – Why can’t Turkey stop refugees? Refugees hide in olive orchards around rocky coasts and settle there while waiting their turn to get on the boat. They are not visible from the sea, and it is challenging to reach their isolated area on foot. Locals are afraid to go to venture into the area, out of fear of the human traffickers’ guards. Because the area has only scattered villages, the police presence is small. Local officers deal with day-to-day incidents, traffic accidents, minor thefts and the like. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=65107
MESOP : AN OVERVIEW ABOUT AN ONGOING EXTINCTION (CLCK FOR DETAILS)
001 09/23/2015 Pressure Grows to Declare War Against Christians a Genocide
002 09/23/2015 Christians Must Help Persecuted Believers, Says Aid to the Church in Need Chairman
003 09/23/2015 ISIS on New Campaign to Destroy Christian Houses in Nineveh
004 09/22/2015 Pope Francis and Our Obligation to Preserve Religious Freedom in the Middle East
005 09/22/2015 As Refugees Stream Out of Middle East, Exiled Assyrian Church May Be Headed Back
006 09/22/2015 For Christians and Yazidis Fleeing Genocide, the Obama Administration Has No Room At the Inn
007 09/22/2015 Pope Carries Cross of Slain Assyrian Priest
008 09/22/2015 UN Underlines Violence Committed By Syrian Kurdish Group
009 09/22/2015 ISIS on the Verge of Losing Its Stream of Foreign Fighters
010 09/22/2015 Why Turkey Isn’t Stopping the Migrants
011 09/22/2015 Iraqi Kurds Dealt Setback By U.S. Court Ruling on Oil Sale
MESOP : ALL ARE LEAVING OBAMA – DECLASSIFIED: GENERAL JOHN ALLEN
Obama’s Islamic State War Czar Stepping Down – 308 SEPT 22, 2015 12:10 PM EDT – By Josh Rogin & Eli Lake – Bloomberg – President Barack Obama is about to lose the man he hand-picked to build the war effort against the Islamic State. Retired General John Allen will be stepping down as envoy to the global coalition this fall, and the White House is searching for a replacement to be the face of America’s flailing effort to destroy the jihadist group in Syria and Iraq. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=65119
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP September 2015 / Publication – The Future of Kirkuk: A Roadmap for Resolving the Status of the Province
The political resolution of Kirkuk and the disputed territories remains as one of the most difficult issues yet to be fully addressed by the Governments of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. Multiple issues regarding the final status of Kirkuk need to be addressed before breakthroughs can be achieved. For any political solution to be successful, political will is needed and compromises and concessions will have to be made by all parties, primarily local actors in Kirkuk. MERI’s Kirkuk Policy Report outlines clear recommendations for all relevant actors with the aim of bringing the issue of their province to the fore and fostering a constructive debate on Kirkuk’s future. – Watch text + watch Video: http://www.meri-k.org/the-future-of-kirkuk-a-roadmap-for-resolving-the-status-of-the-province/
MESOP SOUTH KURDISTAN – Masrour Barzani: Kurds need more supplies from global coalition
BasNews 23 Sep 2015 – ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC), Masrour Barzani, released three tweets between September 17 and September 20 accusing the global coalition against ISIS of failing to provide the Peshmerga supplies over the past four months. “Last shipment to #Kurdistan from global coalition against #ISIL was almost 4 months ago. Withholding support to Peshmerga is indefensible,” Barzani tweeted on September 17, using ISIL, an alternate acronym for ISIS. “ISIL terrorists have used weaponized chemical substances to attack Peshmerga in at least four areas. We’ve received only 1,000 gas masks,” he continued on September 20. “Kurdistan has now lost more than 1,300 Peshmerga in the war on #ISIL – mostly due to IEDs and mines. Global Coalition must provide more aid,” he finally tweeted, also on September 20.
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP : ALLAH MEETS THE CZAR
NOW Media Beirut – September 22, 2015 : Pro-Hezbollah daily says party in Syria pact with Russia – Al-Akhbar claimed that Russian troops will fight alongside Hezbollah in Syria
A leading pro-Hezbollah daily claimed on Tuesday that the party has joined a new counter-terror alliance with Moscow and that Russia will take part in military operations alongside the Syrian army and Hezbollah. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=65103
MESOP : OBAMA’S MEN SURRENDER – “AND ALL THE KING’S HORSES / AND ALL THE KINGS MEN!”
U.S.-Trained Rebels in Syria Surrender Weapons to Terrorist Group
Days after a new contingent of 75 graduates of the U.S. train-and-equip program for Syrian rebels traveled to Aleppo, reports emerged yesterday that many of those rebels had defected or surrendered their weapons to Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate. The collaboration with Jabhat al-Nusra comes despite a thorough vetting process that has hindered U.S. efforts to find recruits for the program. Many of the rebels belong to Division 30, which was attacked by and later agreed to a pact with Jabhat al-Nusra after the first tranche of U.S.-trained rebels were deployed to Syria earlier this summer. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=65121
MESOP FOCUS : UN Underlines Violence Committed By Syrian Kurdish Group (PYD/PKK)
The United Nations on Monday has said the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a Kurdish armed group in Syria affiliated to the PKK, had looted and destroyed certain areas in the country.”The commission always reported on violence commited by the YPG in previous reports,” said Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria on Monday as he presented the commission’s report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. “The YPG looted and destroyed some areas.” Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=65111
MESOP SAMPLER : RUSSIA, IRAN & SYRIA – INTERNATIONAL SOURCES & ANALYSIS
Russia and Iran are coordinating their efforts to bolster the weakened Assad regime, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Monday. Russia has further expanded its military build-up in Syria. On Tuesday it was reported that Russia has increased the number of warplanes at a base near Latakia to 28. Moscow also has attack helicopters, several tanks, and 500 marines stationed there, and has begun flying drones across Syria in surveillance missions. Furthermore, The Wall Street Journal reported that satellite photos reveal the development of two additional bases north of Latakia. According to a US defense official, Russia’s moves are a “manifestation” of the Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani’s second trip to Moscow and evidence of an “Iran nexus.” Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif also visited Russia last month to discuss the situation in Syria and Tehran has expanded direct support for the Assad regime, deploying hundreds of elite fighters from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to Syria in recent weeks. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=65095
MESOP : ANALYSIS OF NEAR EAST POLICY FROM THE SCHOLARS & AND ASSOCIATES OF THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE
LATAKIA IS ASSAD’S ACHILLES HEEL
PolicyWatch 2489 – September 23, 2015 – By Fabrice Balanche
In light of its large Sunni population, the coastal city and its environs are not secure for the Syrian regime, possibly explaining why Russian forces are concentrating there.
Over the past few months, the Syrian army has grown weaker and lost many positions, a development that explains Russia’s recent deployment of troops. Previously, Russia had sent only military advisors and technical staff to support the Syrian army. Another key question, however, involves why these troops are being sent to Latakia and not Tartus, site of the official Russian military base. Indeed, this new, strong Russian presence along the northern Syrian coast can be explained by the Assad regime’s weakness in the area, where Alawites no longer constitute a majority. LATAKIA DEMOGRAPHICS – Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=65127
EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN)
MESOP REPORT : US offer of anti-Iran bomb lands as a dud in Israel
Talk is heating up in Congress and the Pentagon about whether to share America’s massive new bunker-busting bomb as a warning to Iran, but Israel remains cool to the idea.
Al Monitor 22 Sep 2015 – The proposal is expected to come up during next month’s visit to Washington by Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon as well as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Nov. 9 meeting at the White House. Interviews with current and former top-ranking Israeli military officials, however, suggest a distinct lack of enthusiasm for a cumbersome super-weapon of dubious military value. “This idea is irrelevant for Israel,” a senior Israeli officer told Al-Monitor. “It is way beyond our means [and] not worth the means, money and effort. We are not capable of maintaining and sustaining it.” Israeli military experts and former officials are equally skeptical. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=65099
MIDDLE EAST
MESOP : THE OLD INSPECTION DRAMA STARTS A NEW – Atomic Agency Defends How Iran Collected Evidence at Secret Base
By THOMAS ERDBRINK & DAVID E. SANGER SEPT. 21, 2015 – New York Times – TEHRAN — The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that Iran had turned over samples from a suspected site of nuclear experimentation, but confirmed that they had been collected by Iranians under the watchful eye of surveillance devices, rather than by outside nuclear inspectors. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=65117
MESOP – POLICY FORUM REPORT – BEYOND THE VOTE (PART 4): CHALLENGES FOR THE SANCTIONS REGIME
PolicyWatch 2488 – September 22, 2015 – Featuring Chip Poncy, Patrick Clawson & Matthew Levitt
CHIP PONCY – Unequivocal commitment to enforcement is critical as the United States implements the Iran nuclear deal. There is no question that Washington possesses the tools, relationships, and leverage to hold Iran accountable; the question is whether it will use them. Adam Szubin’s remarks underscore the administration’s strong commitment to not only enforce the deal, but also maintain additional sanctions that target the Iranian regime’s many destabilizing activities, from terrorism to human rights abuses. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=65123
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
Kerry’s remarks on Syria trouble Turkey
By Al Monitor – 22 Sep 2015 – Turkey’s lack of diplomatic clout in Syria is becoming more glaring as the crisis moves toward a new trajectory, which includes the highly unsavory prospect for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu of a role for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in efforts to settle the crisis.Ankara’s failure to consider the historic “Russian factor” has proved to be the main rock that Erdogan and Davutoglu’s Syrian plans foundered on, as Moscow remains resolute in supporting Assad, and is increasing its military support for his regime. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=65129
MESOP SHORT CUTS : HDP ministers resign from interim government
Two ministers from Turkey pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have resigned from their positions in the interim government in protest to the government’s handling of escalating violence in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish Southeast and warned that the security of the upcoming November 1 general election was at risk. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=65131
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP : ERDOGAN PROVOZIERT / PKK PROVOZIERT – WAHLEN WERDEN UNMÖGLICH
Türkei: 24 Soldaten bei mutmaßlichen PKK-Anschlägen verketzt
RP ONLINE – Die Attacken werden dem militanten Arm der verbotenen kurdischen Arbeiterpartei PKK zugeschrieben. Ein Bekennerschreiben steht aber noch aus.
Türkei: HDP-Minister verlassen aus Protest Regierung
ZEIT ONLINE – Die türkische Regierung geht seit Juli mit verstärktem militärischem Druck gegen die verbotene Arbeiterpartei Kurdistans (PKK) vor, die zuvor mit …
ARMUT ODER AUSWANDERN? AM BEGINN DER VÖLKERWANDERUNG
MESOP : DAS KLIMA – DAS BELIEBIGE ASYLRECHT & ISRAEL ALS BEISPIEL
„Die OECD geht bei einer Bevölkerung in Nigera von 170 Mio. Menschen davon aus, daß 51 % aller Jugendliichen planen nach Europa zu gehen“. (FAZ 23 Sep 2015)
Die Klimaflüchtlinge kommen Das Leben der anderen ist armselig und kurz
Die reichen Staaten sollten sich auf eine andere, gewaltige Flüchtlingsbewegung gefasst machen: die Klimaflüchtlinge. Deren Abweisung dürfte noch schwieriger werden. Die Grenze des Zumutbaren aber ist ein rechtliches und moralisches Dilemma. Ein Gastbeitrag.
22.09.2015, von Reinhard Merkel – FAZ – (…)
Warum sollte jemand, der einem solchen Elend entkommen will, hier und anderswo fraglos abgewiesen werden dürfen, während einem homosexuellen Mann, den sein Heimatstaat mit dem Strafrecht drangsaliert (wie es die Bundesrepublik bis 1973 getan hat), ebenso fraglos und völlig zu Recht Asyl zu gewähren ist? Die klassische völkerrechtliche Begründung, für Abhilfe bei innerer Not sei eben primär jeder Staat selbst zuständig, wird den Klimamigranten gegenüber hinfällig. Sie werden von ihren Staaten nicht verfolgt. (…)
Das Zumutbare liegt jenseits des Völkerrechts
Tadeln wir Israel, weil es schon aus Gründen des Erhalts seines jüdischen Charakters eine solche Massenimmigration niemals zuließe? Ist es nicht Teil des Rechts auf Selbstbestimmung politischer Gemeinschaften, ihre Lebens- und Kulturformen zu erhalten? „Die Union“, heißt es in der Präambel der EU-Grundrechtecharta, „trägt zur Erhaltung und zur Entwicklung dieser gemeinsamen Werte unter Achtung der Vielfalt der Kulturen und Traditionen der Völker Europas sowie der nationalen Identität der Mitgliedstaaten bei.“ Gibt es so etwas hierzulande nicht? (Aber in Polen vielleicht?)