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MESOP : LAST HOURS IN & AROUND QAMISHLI / SUMMARY RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS
Kurdish ‘capital’ erupts in battle between Kurds and Assad militias – See more at:… http://fb.me/28axn4lWh
Qamişlo: Asayîş is asking citizens living in Halku neighbourhood as well as on the road to the airport to evacuate from the area.
Kurdish asayish member told me he expects fighting continue tomorrow, “now everywhere there is fighting”.
Civilians fleeing the violence in Qamislo. Fighting ongoing #twitterkurds
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 13m13 minutes ago
As last remaining #Syria opposition delegates plan to leave #Geneva in 12hrs… … UN says peace talks to resume next week.
Kurds on both sides of the borders are now fighting, in Turkey against Turkish army, in Syria, against Syrian militias #twitterkurds
Today, it seems Arabs have joined Assad NDF forces, and becoming more and more like a civil war.
Heavy clashes in the village of Kharbat Amo, the Kurdish forces trying to capture this Arab village from regime militias NDF.
Very heavy clashes in the villages between SAA and YPG/Asayish #qamishli #syria
I dont get it who said there is ceasefire, when I can hear all the time gunfire #qamislo #twitterkurds
Looks like 154th regiment of Syrian army is supporting NDF forces with heavy artillery, sounds of heavy blasts.
The fighting is not only in city of #Qamislo also in villages around it #syria #twitterkurds
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 49m49 minutes ago
Opposition @SyrianHNC video details pro-regime violations during the cessation of hostilities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiRJXScCkss … #Syria #Assad
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MESOP : THE QAMISHLY SITUATION REPORT UP TO DATE
Turkish-Syrian Border Pocket is Heart of Fight Against IS
Rikar Hussein – VOA NEWS – April 22, 2016 – Kurdish and Syrian rebels launched an offensive in late March to take back a small border region between Turkey and Syria that has become a key foothold for Islamic State militants. After weeks of fighting, local commanders say the operation is now intensifying. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=73377
MESOP Syria Daily: Kurds-Regime Fighting Escalates in Northeast / By Scott Lucas – eaworldview
A Kurdish official said at least 21 NDF militiamen were killed in the fighting at the prison and elsewhere in the city, He said five officers of the Kurdish police, the Asayish, died.There were conflicting claims about the state of the fighting after the Kurdish victory at the prison. Pro-Assad accounts asserted that the NDF had taken over positions in the city, which has been controlled by both Kurdish and regime forces since 2012. Pro-Kurdish outlets said the Asayish were closing on the regime-held airport.There was no confirmation that the Kurdish militia YPG or the Syrian army have joined the battles. The Kurdish Hawar News said a woman was killed and 20 people were injured in regime shelling. Unconfirmed reports put the death toll at 11.A local activist spoke on Thursday of “large explosions occurring in quick succession and said, “Nobody is leaving their house unless it’s absolutely necessary….Life has ground to a halt in the city. Read all + watch Maps : http://www.mesop.de/?p=73387
MESOP : GREAT EVENT ! – UNITED STATES MEET WITH PYD/PKK & ASSYRIANS & PESHMERGA
Co-Existence through Democratic Autonomy and Self-Governance: The Kurdish Case in Washington DC
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Representative Office in the U.S. and Kurdish Policy Research Center (KPRC) invite you to a special presentation: Friday, April 29, 2016 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – The National Press Club, Holeman Lounge – 529 14th St NW Washington, DC 20045 – 12:10 ET from Peoples’ Democratic Party; Kurdish Policy Research Center
WASHINGTON, April 21, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Opening Remarks by Deniz Ekici, Executive Director, Kurdish Policy Research Center (KPRC)
The Crucial Role of Kurds in the Fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria 9:30am – 10:45am
Moderator: Yousif Ismail, Director of Media and Policy at the Washington Kurdish Institute WKI
Speakers: Omar Saeed Hasan Saeed, Commander of the Sengal Resistance Units (YBS)
- *Redur Xelil, Spokesperson for People’s Protection Units (YPG)
- *Polar Jangi, Commander of the Pesmerga’s Counter Terrorism Group (CTG)
- *Kino Gabriel, Spokesperson of Syriac Military Council
- Read all and join : http://www.mesop.de/?p=73385
MESOP TODAYS OPINION BY MESUD BARZANI ON “INDEPENDENCE”
Sectarian conflict made IS inevitable, now is time to redraw boundaries: Barzani
Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani says sectarian conflict in the Middle East made the emergence of the Islamic State (IS) inevitable and added that the time has come for the world leaders to rethink the boundaries of the Middle East and for the Kurds to have a state of their own in the region. In an interview with Philadelphia Media Network [Philly], an American news agency, Barzani added that the emergence of sectarian terrorist groups in the Middle East was inevitable because “the ouster of Saddam Hussein unleashed sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shiites [and] that has broken the country.” Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=73379
MESOP : WITH COMPLIMENTS FOR TERRORIST !
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-2 decision ruling that legislation passed by Congress that awarded nearly $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets to U.S. victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorist attacks did not infringe on the powers of the U.S. judiciary. www.mesop.de
MESOP “MUST READ” !
GIT Turkiye Publishes Third Report on Violation of Rights in Turkish AcademyThe report, third in a series, meticulously documents the individual cases of violation of rights and describes the administrative investigations, dismissals, auto-censorship that precludes discussion or research of certain topics, as well as the pressures on new groups and organizations that resist or question the political authority in Turkish academia from May 2013 to May 2015. – http://www.mesop.de/?p=73368
MESOP TODAYS ANALYSIS : “Reset, Negotiate, Institutionalize: A Phased Middle East Strategy for the Next President” (Ilan Goldenberg, Center for a New American Security)
“The greatest threat to all of these interests is the instability afflicting the region. Therefore, the primary objective of any U.S. regional strategy should be to pursue greater stability. This approach comes with a number of caveats. First, expectations have to be reasonable. The problems afflicting the region mean that any strategy will take time to show results and will lead not to a complete transformation but incremental improvement. Second, American investments need to be proportional to U.S. interests in the region. This means avoiding major land wars and resource-heavy policies that crowd out other national priorities. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=73364
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP Syria Daily: Regime — We Don’t Need the Opposition-Rebel Bloc in Geneva Talks
April 21 – by Scott Lucas – eaworldview – The Assad regime has dismissed the opposition-rebel bloc’s suspension of involvement in the Geneva talks seeking a political resolution of Syria’s five-year conflict. – The opposition-rebel High Negotiations Committee said on Tuesday that it is formally withdrawing from discussions because of the regime’s continued bombing, sieges, and detentions, as well as Assad’s refusal to discuss his future and a transitional governing authority. However, some negotiators will remain in Geneva for informal contact with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura.The head of the regime delegation, Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari, assured on Wednesday after a meeting with de Mistura’s deputy Ramzi Ezzedine Ramzi:The talks will not lose anything, because they do not represent the Syrian people to begin with. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=73358
MESOP SYRIA : PUTIN BACK ON STAGE
The humanitarian evacuations, which were the result of long negotiations, UN Humanitarian spokesperson Egeland said, come as the ceasefire that has reduced the violence in Syria for the past two months erodes further. Russia has reportedly begun shifting Russian-crewed artillery toward frontlines near Aleppo and in Latakia province. Russia has also increased the number of airstrikes it is conducting in Syria, though this remains well below its pre-ceasefire tempo. U.S. officials have said the conflict could escalate in dangerous ways, and CIA Director John Brennan has warned Russian officials that the United States and other nations that support the rebels have plans to supply groups with anti-artillery and antiaircraft weapons if the ceasefire collapses completely. More www.mesop.de
MESOP : THE COMPLETE QAMISHLI REPORT / A SUMMARY
Two days of bloodshed in Qamishli as Kurds battle regime forces
AMMAN: A battle between forces Syrian regime forces and the Kurdish-led Self Administration’s Asayish in Qamishli city intensified on Thursday, with one activist telling Syria Direct the same day that “life has ground to a halt.”“Nobody is leaving their house unless it’s absolutely necessary,” Qamishli-based activist Ivan Abu Zeid told Syria Direct, describing “large explosions occurring in quick succession” on Thursday. “Life has ground to a halt in the city.” Watch pics + read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=73366
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP – MOST IMPORTANT CONFERENCE ON VAN
“Call for Papers” : The Social, Cultural & Economic History of Van and the Region – November 11-12, 2016
Hrant Dink Foundation organizes an academic conference titled “The Social, Cultural and Economic History of Van and the Region” on November 11-12, 2016. This conference seeks to understand and analyse in detail the social, economic, and cultural transformations between 1850 and 1930 in Van and its environs and to promote and share the recent scholarly research on the subject within the academic community. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=73381
MESOP COMMENTARY BY NURAY MERT : Is there really a “Muslim world?”
The ‘Muslim world’ and the Istanbul summit (Hurriyet 18 Aprl 2016) / THE OIC SUMMIT
At the end of the Organization of Istanbul Cooperation’s (OIC) Istanbul summit, our Turkish president declared that “terrorism and violence are the two biggest issues facing the Muslim world.” I don’t agree, (and this is not the first time that I don’t agree with the president). I think terror and violence are only two results of the issues that the “Muslim world” is facing. In fact, I’m not sure if such a thing as the “Muslim world” even exists as a collective in any real sense, let alone as the name of an identity. A better term may be “Muslim-majority countries.” Still it is true that there are some common issues that these countries face, and these are “Islam-related issues.”
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP FOCUS : PKK Not Needed in Sinjar: Peshmerga Official
ERBIL — 21 Apr 2016 – In an exclusive interview, General Secretary for the Peshmerga Ministry Jabar Yawar has reiterated that Peshmergas are in need of immediate military assistance while they are, most effectively, fighting against the Islamic State (IS). He also explains that PKK and the Shi’ite militias are no longer needed in Sinjar and other Kurdistan Region territories.
BasNews: Any progress in unifying Peshmerga units? – Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=73375
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP „PKK SELBSTKRITIK“ : NACH DER ABSOLUT GESCHEITERTEN GUERILLA-AKTION IN DEN KURDISCHEN STÄDTEN – NUN EINE NEUE OFFENSIVE „AUS DEN BERGEN“
Murat Karayılan: Historischer Frühlingsprozess hat begonnen ( Nûçe Nr. 766 – 22. April 2016)
Der Oberkommandierende der kurdischen Volksverteidigungskräfte (HPG – Hêzên Parastina Gel), Murat Karayılan verlass am 30. Todestag von Mahsum Korkmaz, Kampfname Egîd, eine Botschaft an alle Guerillas. Die Botschaft erreichte per Funk sowohl die Guerillakräfte in Başûr (Südkurdistan), als auch in Bakûr (Nordkurdistan). Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=73354