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MESOP : THE SPRING WEDDING 2016 / NOURSCHIWAN MARRIED HERO T. !
SOUTH KURDISTAN : Gorran approves agreement with PUK
The Movement of Change (Gorran) has approved an agreement with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) over a mutual project to develop relations between the two parties in Kurdistan Region. – Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=74059
MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS
MESOP : PKK HAD SA 7 MANPADS IN STOCK LONG BEFORE – GOT GREEN LIGHT NOW TO USE IT
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister May 14
#PKK has used Soviet/#Russia-origin MANPADS before, but not for sev’l yrs Likely origin: #Syria Less likely: #Russia or existing #PKK stock
Rojava Defense Units Retweeted YPG: Rûpela Fermî
#YPG‘s special units operate in #ISIS-occupied territory of S. #Shadadi, destroy artillery post, kill 2 terrorists:
YPG: Rûpela Fermî @ypgdefense
Çalakiya Yekîneyên Antî Teror Li Qadên Di Bin Serweriya DAIŞê (14’ê Gulan) https://youtu.be/M0gze_qmSzc | #YPG #Rojava #Syria #ISIS #Daesh
573 civilians from #Azaz, #Jarabulus, #Manbij, #Aleppo, #DeirEzzor & #Raqqa were welcomed by #Efrin security forces
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MESOP : PYD/PKK AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW
Self defence duty service now implemented in Kobani (conscription). 15 May 2016
Kyle W. Orton @KyleWOrton 35m35 minutes ago
New from me >> Demise of #Hizballah‘s Mustafa Badreddine and its (likely minimal) impact on #Iran‘s imperial posture
MESOP : ERDOGAN CONTRA ALL !
ANADOLU AGENCY (ENG) @anadoluagency 7m7 minutes ago
Turkish police stop opposition #MHP congress from taking place http://v.aa.com.tr
MESOP LAST NOT LEAST : OBAMACARE !
Peter Baker @peterbakernyt 2h2 hours ago
The president who wanted to end America’s wars has now presided over war longer than any president. @MarkLandler
MESOP “ISRAEL INTELLIGENCE ‘DEBKA’S FILES’”: A RUSSIAN/US CONSPIRACY TO BREAK THE FORMATION IRAN – ASSAD – HEZBOLLAH !?
Hizballah links US, Russia to Al-din’s killing
DEBKA . 15 May 2016 – Intelligence sources in Syria and Lebanon said Friday that Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah strongly suspects that US and Russian special forces assassinated Mustafa Bader Al-din, the commander of Hizballah forces in Syria, in a joint operation-despite the public allegation against amorphous rebels.
The sources said that when Nasrallah gave his speech Thursday evening to mark “nakba” (disaster) day (which is what the terrorist organization calls Israeli Independence Day), he already knew that Al-din had been killed in a mysterious explosion at a secret Hizballah command facility near Damascus international airport. The assassination was the reason why he devoted his speech to an extraordinary verbal attack on the US. He claimed that Washington had caused a new disaster in the Middle East in an attempt to break up the bloc of Iran, Syria and Hizballah. He also accused the US of bringing ISIS and other “barbaric” terrorist organizations to the region. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74063
MESOP : ERDOGAN’S TROOPS IN ACTION ALSO IN IRAQ
Turkish trained Sunni militia launches offensive in northern Mosul http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/952d25d1-5b2d-468d-a439-6b73ed9da741/Sunni-militia-launches-offensive-in-northern-Mosul?platform=hootsuite …
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MESOP : FAKE RETREATS ? THE ERDOGAN COMPANIONSHIP
Ragıp Soylu @ragipsoylu – Interestingly, former Pres. Gül and PM Davutoglu were the witness for Erdogan’s daughter. Both of them had a sort of fallout with Erdogan
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MESOP : PYD/PKK OFFICIALLY INVITED IN WASHINGTON D. C.
QAMISHLO – — ASIA & NASRIN ABDALLA – – – INVITED TO WASHINGTON ON MAY 13, 2016 TO – DISCUSS ROJAVA’S ROLE IN SYRIA
Syrian Kurdish official invited to Washington – KURDISH DAILY NEWS
Syrian Kurdish official invited to Washington May 13, 2016 KDN Breaking, Kurdistan 0 Kurdish delegation led by Asia and Nasrin Abdalla walking to Charlie… – More on : www.mesop.de
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MESOP TODAYS OPINION : WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS ? – TERROR IS WITHOUT BORDERS ! / THE LAST DAYS OF EUROPE
The enemy within: What European & Arab histories tell us about ISIS – By Hisham Melhem – Al Arabiya Network
Saturday, 14 May 2016 – It is the enemy within that a diminished Europe is facing now; the alienated sons and daughters of its former colonial subjects are being inspired by the enchanting sirens coming from the self-appointed high priests of sacred Islamist violence in the faraway former provinces of the empire, calling on them to wage a relentless war of terror to dismantle their societies, and to seek redemption and martyrdom in the thrill to kill. – A diminished continent : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74035
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP WATCH VIDEO : PKK releases footage of taking down Turkish army helicopter with RUSSIAN manpads
DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— The military wing of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), the People’s Defence Force (HPG) has released the footage of the Cobra helicopter downed by the the Kurdish guerrillas in the countryside of Hakkari’s Çelê (Çukurca) district in Turkey’s Kurdish region at 04:30 on May 13.The PKK claimed responsibility for the downing of a Turkish military helicopter in Hakkari province in Turkey’s southeast. – A video posted online appears to show a PKK guerrilla bringing down a Turkish Cobra helicopter with a Russian-made MANPADS surface-to-air missile launcher. The missile appears to hit the tail of a helicopter, throwing it into a spin before crashing behind a hill. www.mesop.de
MESOP : “MANPAD” – A GREAT GAME CHANGER – RUSSIAN SUPPORT JOINT BY AN US “OK”! (A DETAILED INTEL BACKGROUND REPORT) BY WASHINGTON POST
Kurdish PKK militants reportedly shoot down Turkish security forces helicopter
By Erin Cunningham May 15 – Video appears to show Kurdish militants shooting down Turkish military helicopter
Media affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a leftist militant group battling the Turkish state, posted a video purporting to show a fighter downing a Cobra attack helicopter with a man-portable air-defense system — or MANPADS — in the mountains of southeastern Turkey on Friday morning. (Gerilla TV) – Read all + watch VIDEO : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74075
MESOP BACKGROUNDER – “BRUSSELS EMERGENCY HOURS” : We must as soon as possible calm Turkey & Greece – or we face & fear the British proposed referendum on United Kingdom membership of the European Union!
Expert-level talks ongoing in Brussels to overcome terror impasse with Turkey: EU envoy
Serkan Demirtaş – ANKARA – 15 May 2016 – Hurriyet – The European Union’s top envoy to Ankara has said the European Commission is currently working with experts to find an acceptable solution to the impasse with Turkey over the definition of terror, expressing optimism for successfully accomplishing the visa liberalization process by the end of June. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74057
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP : NOT A DEMOCRATIC KURDISTAN ! / SHAME ON KRG INSTITUTIONS !
Assyrians (CHRISTIANS) in North Iraq Pressured to Sign Petition for Kurdish Independence
– 2016-05-14 18:27 GMT – Dohuk, Iraq (AINA) — Local and internally displaced Assyrians living in north Iraq are being pressured by Kurdish officials to sign a petition for Kurdish independence from Iraq. The petition is being distributed by Kurdish mayors in north Iraq in the areas surrounding Dohuk (Noohadra in Assyrian), including the villages of Cree Basee, Askari and Malta.The petition calls for the establishment of an independent Kurdish state and a national province called Nineveh, which includes the Nineveh Plains, the last stronghold of Assyrians in Iraq. WATCH PICS & TRUE DOCUMENTS : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74044
MESOP “NO Team Players” : CONTRA DEMOCRACY IN KURDISTAN
Tribal Power Making Comeback In Iraqi Kurdistan, Overriding Democracy + Law
Jwanro Mohammed – Niqash – 12 May 2016 – Tribal groups in Iraqi Kurdistan have always had influence, mostly hidden behind the trappings of democracy. But recently several large tribal festivals have raised fears that tribal power is being revived.
Sulaymaniyah – One of the major influences on Iraqi – and in fact, Middle Eastern – politics is the historic tribal system. Which extended family or clan you belong to, and what part of the country those groups came from, often has a major impact on your political loyalties and any benefits you might accrue from those connections. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74079
MESOP : NGO’S CONTRA KRG – No Way To Get Funding: Iraqi Kurdistan’s Law on NGOs Must Change, NGOs Say
Abdul-Khaleq Dosky – Niqash – Non-governmental organisations in Iraqi Kurdistan are lobbying for a change in the regional law relating to their work. They say the decades-old law is preventing them from doing their job. 12.05.2016 | Dohuk According to legal experts in the semi-autonomous, northern region, aging legislation on how NGOs can be founded and funded is having a negative impact on important social welfare work in the region. Law Number 18 was last amended in 1993. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74077
MESOP : LOOKING BACK NOW ! – KANAN MAKIYA & THE SADDAM DOCUMENTS
Advocating a War in Iraq, and Offering an Apology for What Came After
The Saturday Profile – By TIM ARANGO MAY 13, 2016 – THE NEW YORK TIMES – BAGHDAD — To document the crimes of Saddam Hussein, Kanan Makiya studied thousands of documents smuggled out of Iraq, and years later his findings helped the United States make the case for war. He became famous as the foremost Arab intellectual to support the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and on the day Baghdad fell to American forces, he was in the Oval Office watching the news with President George W. Bush.For years afterward, as Iraq fell apart, Mr. Makiya’s pen went silent while he struggled to make sense of what happened and his own role in the catastrophe.As a Middle East scholar at Brandeis University, Mr. Makiya is a man of facts and history. Ultimately, though, he decided the best way to express what he felt became of Iraq was to write fiction. Only with a novel, he says, could he access “the larger meanings and deeper truths about what went wrong post-2003.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74049
EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN)
MESOP Syria Feature: The Iranians Volunteering for the War
May 15 – By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – As Iran sharply escalates its involvement in Syria’s civil war, Kristin Dailey writes for Foreign Policy about some of the men volunteering for the battles:
When 59-year-old Asghar Abyari learned that his son Abbas would soon head off to war in Syria in late December 2015, he was furious. But not for the reason one might expect. Since November, Asghar and Abbas, 24, both members of Iran’s voluntary Basij militia, had been undergoing military training in hopes of joining Tehran’s advisory mission to support Syria. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=74051
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP : AN ISRAELI COUNTER CONTRA PUTIN – Former Syrian general calls for peace with Israel
Roi Kais – Latest Update: 05.14.16, 23:02 / Israel News – YNETNEWS – Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein received a letter from a former Syrian brigadier general, Nabil al-Dandel, who defected from the ranks of the regime in 2012; al-Dandel tells Ynet that Israel should open a dialogue with the Syrian people and support the opposition in its fight against the regime. “I announce my defection from the criminal regime of Bashar al-Assad,” declared Brigadier General Nabil al-Dandal and a number of other defecting officers after the brutal crackdown on the Syrian uprising in March 2011. Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74055
MESOP : ROJAVA “THE REVOLUTIONARY MODEL” ! – WITHOUT FREE PRESS & UNDER PYD/PKK CONTROLLED MEDIA – (THE WELATI SHOT DOWN)
In blow to Kurdish independent media, Syrian Kurdish website shuts down
May 15, 2016 – ARA News – QAMISHLO – The Syrian Kurdish news website Welati shut down its website on 8 May after facing financial difficulties. This comes just two weeks after an independent radio station ARTA-FM was burned in the town of Amude city in northeastern Syria by anonymous gunmen. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74061
MESOP ECONOMY SYRIA : Feature: How Long Can Regime Survive a Collapsing Economy?
May 15 – 2016 – BY ARON LUND / SCOTT LUCAS – Aron Lund writes for The Century Foundation:
In five years of war, the people of Syria have suffered enormously. At least 300,000 Syrians are thought to have been killed, with another 2 million wounded—that’s one in ten Syrians. More than 6 million Syrians are internal refugees, and 5 million have been forced into exile.Even in the relatively stable government-controlled areas that are home for most Syrians, living standards have plummeted. According to a UN report, an incredible 83% lived below the poverty line in 2015, compared to less than a third before the war. Fully half of the population is now considered to live in extreme poverty. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74069
MESOP : SAUDI’ S & KERRY PLUS PUTIN – PREPARING A SOLUTION CONTRA IRAN AND HEZBOLLAH
Kerry Meets King Salman to Discuss Syria before Visiting Russia Next Week
JEDDAH – Asharq al Awsat – 15 May 2016 – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Saudi Arabia’s King Salman in Jeddah today, Sunday May 15, to discuss the fragile truce in Syria. Noting that Kerry will travel to Russia next week for what he described as possibly the best opportunity in years to end the civil war in Syria after Moscow’s announcement of a partial withdrawal of its forces from the country. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74073
MESOP MIDDLE EAST
MESOP REPORT : The Jihadi Threat on Israel’s Northern Border
by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi -middle east review of international affairs – May 15, 2016 – This article seeks to explore the dynamics surrounding the various Sunni jihadi groups in the south of Syria near the border with the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, examining whether they pose a significant and imminent threat to Israel’s security. It is based on a presentation given by the author at a Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs symposium, “Israel in a Changed Middle East,” in honor of the late Prof. Barry Rubin in February 2016. WATCH ALL WITH GRAPHICS &STATISTICS – http://www.mesop.de/?p=74071
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP : KLARE WORTE EINES DIPLOMATISCHEN LEICHTMATROSEN
Kritik an Bundesregierung Steinmeier: „Die Türkei weiß, was zu tun ist“ (MESOP: NUR STEINMEIER NICHT!)
Wie soll die Bundesregierung mit dem türkischen Präsidenten Erdogan im Streit um das Flüchtlingsabkommen umgehen? Politiker der SPD und Grünen erhöhen den Druck auf die Kanzlerin – der Außenminister springt in die Bresche. http://www.mesop.de/?p=74065
MESOP „AUS AKTUELLEM ANLASS“ : DATTELN – SODA STREAM & DIE BRUESSELER PLÄNE CONTRA ISRAEL
Westjordanland Die Dattel aus Jericho ist nur der Anfang vom Frieden
In den besetzten Palästinensergebieten wachsen teure Früchte. Die EU hat für Produkte aus Siedlungen eine Kennzeichnungspflicht eingeführt – Israel steht dem misstrauisch gegenüber.15.05.2016, FAZ – von Hans-Christian Rößler, Hendrik Kafsack und Jan Grossarth
Spielende Kinder im Jordantal: Die Datteln der Palmen, an deren Wedeln es sich auch schön durch die Luft schwingen lässt, sind ein gefragtes Exportgut. In dieser Sache ist jede Leichtigkeit verlorengegangen. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=74067