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MESOP TODAYS HEADLINE : EU JUNCKERS DIRTY DEALS
“Juncker pointedly recalled that the EU did Erdogan a favor the previous month. “Please note,” said Juncker, “that we postponed the progress report until after the Turkish elections, and we got criticized for this delay.” In other words, the EU delayed the release of a report highly critical of Turkey’s “progress” toward meeting EU standards of governance in order to help Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party win the general elections in November.” www.mesop.de
MESOP : NEVER COMMUNICATE WITH PUTIN & ASSAD
- Doctors without Borders will no longer distribute the GPS coordinates of its hospitals to the Syrian and Russian governments after a series of airstrikes that appear to have deliberately targeted their medical facilities; “The normalisation of such attacks is intolerable,” the organization’s international president said. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=71411
MESOP TOP NEWS : Belgium Finds Video of Nuclear Official at Home of Terrorism Suspect
By MILAN SCHREUER & ALISSA J. RUBIN – New York Times – The footage indicated that the terrorist network involved in the Paris attacks on Nov. 13 may also have wanted to obtain radioactive material. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71396
THE GRAND SUMMIT OF WESTERN MADNESS
MESOP : OBAMA’S CLOSE ALLIES – Turkey Blames Kurdish Militia for Ankara Attack, Challenging U.S. / WHILE MERKEL BETS ON ERDOGAN – OBAMA BETS ON PKK
By TIM ARANGO & CEYLAN YEGINSU – NEW YORK TIMES – 19 Feb 2016 – In blaming a Syrian Kurdish militia supported by the United States, Turkey added urgency to a question its president asked about American support. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=71399
MESOP TODAYS INSIGHT : THE BACKGROUND OF THE CLOSE LIAISON BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (OBAMA) & THE KURDISH WORKERS PARTY (PKK) VIA PYD/YPG IN SYRA
America picked the wrong allies against the Islamic State / By KYLE ORTON – NOW MEDI – BEIRUT
17 Febr 2016 – Beirut – Over the last six weeks the regime of Bashar al-Assad—which by this point means in most areas Iranian-run ground forces and Russian air power—have made territorial gains in northern Syria that threaten the existence of the armed opposition in the area. This threat has been compounded by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and allies, which have also drawn on Russian airstrikes to attack the rebellion in the same areas. The US-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) has made the PYD its main proxy inside Syria—the only force that can call in coalition airstrikes. This policy was obviously flawed given the view of the PYD by necessary anti-ISIS allies like Turkey and the demographic realities of ISIS, which require Sunni Arabs to be able to police their area and ensure that ISIS begins to look like a protector of Sunnis if Kurds occupy Arab areas; the PYD now attacking the crucial anti-ISIS demographic in alliance with the regime underlines that fact. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71394
MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY : WASHINGTON FAIRY TALES !
The Russia Quagmire In Syria and Other Washington Fairy Tales – Feb 16, 2016 – By Michael Kofman – Wilson center / Kennan Institute
Facts on the ground change so quickly in Syria that one could be forgiven for suffering whiplash. Still in December of last year we were reading headlines that depicted a lackluster Russian military campaign, unable to change much on the ground for the fledgling Syrian Arab Army. Not long after the winter holidays, the opposite appears to be true. Moscow seems to be making strategic gains and has seized the momentum on the ground. Just a few months ago, in early October 2015, President Obama stated, “An attempt by Russia to prop up Assad and try to pacify the population is just going to get them stuck in a quagmire and it won’t work.” As Syrian forces surround Aleppo, backed by the Russian military on the ground and in the air, it is hard to square the situation in Syria with those predictions. Thus far, the Russian quagmire in Syria has not materialized. Even if a ceasefire is declared, Moscow will conclude hostilities only after it has achieved military objectives. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71401
MESOP SHORT CUTS & MOST RELEVANT TWEETS
MESOP : THE BEGINNING OF A NEW MILITANT PKK OFFENSIVE ALL OVER TURKEY – WATCH EXCLUSIV VIDEO
#PKK releases footage of their attack on Turkish soldiers today – @Cerablus Full:Amed Sabotaj Eylemi Şubat 2016 – Click for PKK Video – http://www.mesop.de/?p=71386
MESOP : PKK – WITH PUTIN ON THEIR SIDE / REVOLUTIONARY POLICY : FIGHTING WITH A DICTATOR AGAINST AN DICTATOR
Kurds Warn #Turkey of `Big War’ With Russia If Troops Enter Syria http://bloom.bg/1Vpw8rP via @business #SYRIAWAR
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP : PUTIN’S AMBASSADOR CHURKIN – RUSSIA FAVORS INTEGRITY OF SYRIA & IRAQ
February 19, 2016 – MOSCOW,— Russia speaks out in favor of the territorial integrity of Syria and Iraq.The emergence of Kurdistan will lead to the disintegration of these two countries, as well as of Turkey, Russia’s Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin told Kommersant-FM radio and the Kommersant daily. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71413
MESOP Syria Daily: Russia Rejects No-Fly Zones / For producing more Refugees for Europe
by Scott Lucas – 19 Februar 2016 – eaworldview – Russia has rejected any no-fly zones to protect civilians in Syria.
Speaking with Russian media on Thursday, UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said: When everyone is flying and bombing, there’s no talk of no-fly zones. Theoretically, it may be imagined that during implementation of the agreement on ceasefire, a proposal will be voiced not to use airspace, but this is purely theoretical question formulation, all the more so in conditions of our presence in Syria. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71390
MESOP : CHURKIN SCEPTICAL ON ASSAD / CAUTION TO ASSAD TO FOLLOW RUSSIA’S LEADERSHIP
UN Ambassador Churkin did point to one area of division between Russia and Assad, criticizing the Syrian President for his rejection of negotiations in a speech earlier this week.
Churkin said Moscow “would like Assad to also respond” to the international process seeking “proximity talks” between the regime and the opposition-rebel bloc: Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71392
Turkey strikes Kurdish city of Afrin northern Syria, civilian casualties reported
February 19, 2016 – ARA News – AFRIN – Turkey’s military bombed the Kurdish city of Afrin and nearby villages in northwestern Syria, causing casualties among civilians, local sources reported on Thursday.Turkish army units stationed at the border with Syria have launched an offensive on the Kurdish areas in the northwestern countryside of Aleppo, targeting Afrin and the surrounding villages with heavy artillery shelling. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71417
Liwa Usud al-Hussein: A New Pro-Assad Militia in Latakia
| by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi – February 19, 2016 – |
The province of Latakia has seen a variety of militias operate in its territory in the bid to drive out rebel forces entirely from the coastal front, including the Muqawama Suriya, the Syrian Social Nationalist Party’s Nusur al-Zawba’a, and Suqur al-Sahara’. Foreign Shi’a militias have also participated in Latakia battles, the most notable recent case being the Iraqi group Liwa Assad Allah al-Ghalib, which, according to one of its members I have spoken with, has some Syrian members and has personnel playing an advisory role in Suqur al-Sahara’. The links between Liwa Assad Allah al-Ghalib and Suqur al-Sahara’ are borne out in recent social media output by the former, as per below as an example:
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP BACKGROUND : Did EU meddle with Turkish elections?
ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish president’s patience was running out. His EU interlocutors were offering him 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) for stemming the flow of Syrian refugees to Europe.
Al Monitor – 19 Feb 2016 – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reminded Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU Commission president, and Donald Tusk, the head of the EU Council, that a few months before they had given Greece 400 billion euros ($445 billion) to keep it afloat. According to the minutes of the meeting, Tusk replied that that money was not just for Greece but to support the entire eurozone. Erdogan said that a deal to constrain the refugees would support the Schengen visa-free travel agreement, another pan-European project. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71409
MESOP INSIGHT : Erdogan’s son probed for money laundering in Italy / SON OF AN HONORABLE FAMILY
ALARABIYA 18 Feb 2016 – Italian prosecutors are investigating the son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for money laundering amid accusations he smuggled large amounts of cash into the country, a judicial source told AFP on Thursday.A probe was launched into Bilal Erdogan after Italian authorities were petitioned by Turkish businessman Murat Hakan Uzan — an exiled political opponent of Erdogan — to investigate a purported “getaway operation” from Turkey to Italy. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71384
Turkey says U.S. making conflicting statements over Syrian Kurdish YPG
19 Feb 2016 – Reuters – ISTANBUL,— Turkey’s foreign minister accused the United States on Friday of making conflicting statements about the Kurdish YPG militia in Syrian Kurdistan, and said the use of such groups in the fight against Islamic State was a sign of weakness. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71415
MESOP Turkey Feature: Ankara Presses US Over Syrian Kurdish YPG Militia
February 19 – by Scott Lucas – eaworldview – Turkey has maintained pressure on the US over Washington’s support of the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG, following Wednesday’s deadly car bombing in Ankara and the Kurdish advance against rebels in northern Syria. Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu accused Washington of making contradictory statements, declaring: Resorting to terrorist groups like the YPG in the fight against Daesh [the Islamic State] in Syria is above all a sign of weakness. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71419
EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN)
MESOP : PUTIN & THE MULLAHS – HEROE’S OF WESTERN DIALOGUE- & PEACE MOVEMENTS / AFTER SANCTIONS-LIFTING THE MONEY GOES TO MOSCOW
IRAN AND RUSSIA’S GROWING DEFENSE TIES
PolicyWatch 2563 – February 18, 2016 – By Farzin Nadimi – The lifting of international sanctions and the region’s vastly changing geopolitical environment have opened a window of opportunity for Tehran to buy potent arms from Russia and modernize its arsenal.Heading a high-level military and security delegation, Iranian defense minister Hossein Dehghan is visiting Moscow this week to negotiate a series of important weapons deals with Russia. If these deals are actually implemented, they could prove to be Tehran’s largest foreign military purchase since the 1979 revolution. http://www.mesop.de/?p=71403
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP : WURDE BISHER STETS BESTRITTEN ODER KLEINGEREDET !
Tausende IS-Kämpfer zurück in Europa Terror: Europol warnt vor größter Anschlagsgefahr seit mehr als zehn Jahren
Freitag, 19.02.2016, 09:18 – dpa – http://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/tausende-kaempfer-zurueck-in-europa-europol-warnt-vor-groesster-terrorgefahr-seit-mehr-als-zehn-jahren_id_5298579.html
MESOP : ANGESICHTS EINER ZUSAMMENBRECHENDEN WELT & KEINEM EINZIGEN NENNENSWERTEN FORTSCHRITT DURCH ENTWICKLUNGSHILFE – NUN DIE RELIGION ALS LAST EXIT
(Auf keinen Fall die christliche, versteht sich von selber)
das Entwicklungsministerium (BMZ) will künftig stärker mit religiösen Organisationen zusammenarbeiten. Ulrich Nitschke, Leiter des Sektorvorhabens „Werte, Religion und Entwicklung“ bei der GIZ, erklärt, wie das funktionieren kann – und was es für deutsche Entwicklungshelfer bedeutet. http://www.welt-sichten.org/artikel/31730/religion-entwicklung-jede-form-von-extremismus-schliessen-wir-aus
Minister Gerd Müller hat seine neue Strategie auf der internationalen Konferenz „Religion und Entwicklung“ in Berlin vorgestellt. http://www.welt-sichten.org/artikel/32081/mit-der-kraft-des-glaubens-braende-loeschen