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MESOP : THE FLASH OF THE WEEK – OBAMA TEST’S KOBANE/ROJAVA INCL PYD
- En route Geneva table “YES” – but semi-autonomy “NO”
US Delegation’s aim allegedly was to closely check the self-ruling democratic administration of the Syrian Kurdish canton. The delegation intended to closely check the self-ruling administration of the Kurdish cantons
ROJAVA 25 May 2016 – US officials arrived in Kobani yesterday, May 24th, and met with the officials of the self-ruling administration of Kobani canton to discuss the political and security issues and achievements in the Syrian Kurdistan [Rojava], said a source from Kobani. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74334
MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY : BY FABRICE BALANCHE – The Weakness of the Assad Regime
THE ISLAMIC STATE IS TARGETING SYRIA’S ALAWITE HEARTLAND & RUSSIA
By Fabrice Balanche – May 24, 2016 – Fabrice Balanche, an associate professor and research director at the University of Lyon 2, is a visiting fellow at The Washington Institute.
The group’s choice of targets is a clear sign of its intention to inflame Sunni/Alawite tensions, raise the price of Moscow’s intervention, and assert its symbolic leadership over the rebellion. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74321
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY : DON’T FOLLOW LEADERS ! (BOB DYLAN)
ERDOGAN’S NATIONALIST PATH TO A FULL PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM
PolicyWatch 2620 – May 24, 2016 – By Soner Cagaptay – Soner Cagaptay is the Beyer Family Fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute.
By further hardening his approach toward Kurdish nationalism at home and in Syria, Erdogan hopes to woo Turkish ultranationalists and legally enshrine his executive power, but his efforts could clash with U.S. policy on the war next door. READ FULL TEXT http://www.mesop.de/?p=74312
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP : “TAKING RAQQA” BY KURDISH SDF FORCES ! – US GENERAL VOTEL’S PRICE FOR THE INVITATION OF PYD (PKK) TO THE GENEVA CONFERENCE TABLE / BUT NOT TO LOCAL AUTHONOMY
Kurdish-Led Force Advances on Islamic State’s Raqqa
25 May 2016 – The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have launched an offensive to take territory north of the Islamic State’s center of Raqqa in northern Syria.
A spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces, Talal Silo, said the offensive began on Wednesday morning. He emphasized that the operations are focused on captured on capturing areas outside Raqqa, rather than the city, which was taken over by ISIS in autumn 2013. Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74323
MESOP : NO CHANCE FOR PKK/PYD AUTONOMY etc. IN ROJAVA ! / PUTIN & OBAMA SAME DIRECTION
US Repeats: We Do Not Recognize Kurdish Local Administrations in Syria
ARA NEWS – 2016-05-24 23:42 GMT – The US will not recognize any form of sovereignty for Syria’s Kurds, while they work with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to take Raqqa from ISIS militants, US State Department deputy spokesman Mark C. Toner said.
“We’ve also made it clear to these Kurdish forces as well that they should not seek to create autonomous, semi-autonomous zones, that they should not seek to retain the territory that they liberate,” Toner said on Monday.”(…) rather that they should make sure it’s returned to whatever civilian authorities there are and able to — so that all displaced people can return there. This is — but we also recognize the fact that these [Kurds] are effective fighting forces and that they are willing to take on and dislodge Daesh [ISIS],” Toner added. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=74326
MESOP : AOPistic IN DOCTRINATION á LA STALIN
PYD Impose Kurdish Education Curricula on Assyrians, Arabs in Syria
2016-05-24 18:55 GMT – AINA NEWS AGENCY – Teacher Jacob Lahmo explains Assyrians fonts. The language of the Assyrian Christians is now taught again in Syria but its speakers fear being marginalized. ( Sebastian Backhaus/Welt)(AINA) — The Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), which is the Syrian branch of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) from Turkey, and some attached allied non-Kurdish groups, declared a so-called autonomous federation in the northern part of Syria in March 2016. The PYD was strengthened by support from the Syrian regime to safeguard the northern border corridors to Turkey and recent military support by the U.S. led coalition to fight the ISIS. It seized the opportunity to establish a Kurdish state in the shadow of the Syrian crisis, at the expense of the rights of the non-Kurdish majority in the region. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74314
MESOP : NOT „SYRAN PEOPLE“ ! – RUSSIA DICTATES NEW SYRIAN CONSTITUTION / FOR KURDS LANGUAGE RIGHTS ONLY / MILD DECENTRALISATION UNDER ASSAD’S UMBRELLA
Russia finishes draft for new Syria constitution: report
The proposed draft constitution for Syria calls for decentralizing power in the country.
BEIRUT – NOW MEDIA 25 May 2016 – Russia has put the finishing touches on its proposed draft constitution for Syria as part of the stalled peace process being brokered by Washington and Moscow that calls for a new constitution to be put up for a referendum in the fall. Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar—which has an editorial line supportive of the Bashar al-Assad regime—reported Tuesday morning that Russia’s draft constitution strips Syria’s presidency of some of its powers and ensures the rights of ethnic and religious minorities. Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74319
EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN)
MESOP : IF YOU MAKE MISTAKES – BLAME THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA !
Iran Daily: Revolutionary Guards Blame US for Their Troubles
May 25 – by Scott Lucas – eaworldview – Facing difficulties over their intervention in Syria’s civil war, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are focusing on blame of the US. – The commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, General Mohammad Ali Jafari, told a university graduation ceremony that Iran’s enemies are stirring “continuous conspiracies and successive intrigues in the political, intelligence, cultural, and economic fields in order to confront [Iran’s] Islamic political system and prevent a model of this political system from establishing a great Islamic civilization”. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74328
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP – THE ANATOMY OF AN DESASTER : Iraq Awaits Court Ruling on Legitimacy of Parliamentary Actions
By Emily Anagnostos – Institute for the study of War – 25 May 2016 –
Key Takeaway: Iraq’s Federal Court will issue an important ruling on May 25 that could have a major impact on the political crisis. The issues at stake are the legitimacy of Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi’s ministerial appointments and the speakership of the Council of Representatives. Former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is a driver of the political party that has raised the legal challenges. Iraq has been experiencing a political crisis since April 12, and protesters have stormed the Green Zone twice since April 30. Full Analysis : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74330
MESOP : AFTER SYKES/PICOT = THE PUK !
Decentralizing Iraqi Kurdistan key to solving region’s crises: Sulaimani governor
SULAIMANI, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— Decentralization and greater self-governance in Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s provinces would help solve the ongoing political and economic crises, Sulaimani Governor Aso Faraidoon said in a press conference on Tuesday. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74332
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP TODAYS HEADLINE : POSTMATERIALISTEN ! WECHSELREITER ! BANKROTTEURE !
„VIEL LOB FÜR GRIECHENLAND IN BRÜSSEL!“ (FAZ TITEL 25 Mai 2016)
….. no wonder!: Schließlich ist die griechische Staatsschuld noch erheblich gewachsen + die Produktivität deutlich gesunken. Aber der BRE XIT droht – und da hilft nur Simulation. Gleiches gilt für die EU/Brüssel Botschaften an Spanien + Portugal: Keine Überprüfung, keine Sanktionen – alles verschoben bis Juli, wo sich wieder keine Regierung in Spanien bilden lassen wird. Und polnische Verletzungen der Brüsseler Statuten? Timmermanns: „Wir setzen auf Dialog“.
IM DIALOG WERDET IHR AUCH ZUGRUNDE GEHEN (MESOP)
MESOP : FINIS ALL DER ANDAUERNDEN MORALISTISCHEN NÖTIGUNGEN
Die Eingeklemmten – In der Bredouille zwischen Putin und Conchita Wurst: Ein bulgarischer Philosoph und ein österreichischer Historiker erklären, warum viele Osteuropäer dem Westen nicht mehr nacheifern wollen.
25.05.2016, von Michael Martens – FAZ
„Wir kommen nun wahrscheinlich an das Ende einer Periode moralisierender Politik in Europa, in der Moral als Hauptinstrument politischer Einflussnahme eingesetzt wurde. Das gilt auch für den Umgang mit Migranten und Flüchtlingen.“ Volltext http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/iwan-krastew-und-oliver-jens-schmitt-zu-osteuropa-14250809.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_2