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MESOP : OFRA BENGIO & THE NEW ISRAELI LOVE FOR PKK/PYD
“[The Syrian Kurds] are a community of people who are willing to cooperate with Israel,” Professor Ofra Bengio, head of the Kurdish studies program at Tel Aviv University, told The Times of Israel on Thursday. …. Israel has had a secretive relationship with the Iraqi Kurds, including limited military assistance, and Israel has been a willing buyer of the KRG’s oil. A report by the Financial Times estimated that Israel had purchased 19 million barrels of Iraqi Kurdish oil, worth roughly $1 billion, between May and August of last year.
….. Bengio believes Israel should move quickly to give behind-the-scenes support to the nascent Syrian Kurdish polity (PYD/PKK). http://www.timesofisrael.com/after-declaring-autonomy-will-israel-embrace-syrias-kurds/
MESOP TODAYS BACKGROUNDER : Brussels Bomber ID’d as ISIS Prison Ward
22 April 2016 – One of the Brussels airport bombers has been identified by former ISIS hostages as one of their prison guards, The Guardian reported Friday. According to the British outlet’s sources, four French journalists who’d been kidnapped in Syria by ISIS fighters positively identified suspected suicide bomber Najim Laachraoui as the man known as “Abou Idriss,” who guarded foreign hostages for the extremist militants. Reports on Thursday from Belgian television station VTM also indicated that Laachraoui may have worked at the targeted airport for five years. Watch more http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/04/22/brussels-bomber-id-d-as-isis-prison-guard.html?via=newsletter&source=CSAMedition
MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 10m10 minutes ago – Charles Lister Retweeted Mohammad ALKheder
As @CENTCOM reportedly considers expanding scope for civilian casualties in #Syria – look at this tweet for context: Mohammad ALKheder @Mohammad_khedhr
To the @PentagonPresSec My house next to #ISIS headquarters Is this my sin to bomb me ??! #Sou_and_Pic
In a day like today in 1898 the first kurdish newspaper named
#Kurdistan was born in #Cairo. Happy Kurdish press day –
Tensions in Khurmatu divide city’s government offices http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/22042016 … via @RudawEnglish
Kurdistan24 English @K24English 1h1 hour ago
@masoud_barzani is asked to mediate PKK-Turkey conflict #TwitterKurds #FridayFeeling http://bit.ly/1TndeSz
MESOP INSIDE TODAY IN & AROUND QASMISHLI / THE TRUCE
MESOP : TRUCE BETWEEN PYD/YPG & ASSAD REGIME
According pro-government website: truce govt-YPG official now
Apparently Kurdish news website .@Hawarnews confirmed it now.
Some suggest that Asayish now confirmed ceasefire that started since 15.30, but I haven’t find any confirmation yet.
Apparently this is not confirmed yet by non-KRG sources
KRG opens borders for injured people, previously border still closed for injured people https://twitter.com/EnglishBasNews/status/723533711396970497
High-level Asayish source told .@bshertalate that Qamislo ceasefire came on request of regime bc of their weaknesses in the field.
Seems truce to be announced soon, city returns to ‘normal’.
Leith Abou Fadel @leithfadel
Luckily a truce is about to be announced. But both sides have captured territory from one another https://twitter.com/thearabsource/status/723522252050817027
MESOP : LAST NOT LEAST – TRY THIS WEBSITE !
Is this official account of Mihrac Ural or https://twitter.com/MihracUral2 ?
MESOP : DEPORTED TO ERDOGAN BY COMRADE TSIPRAS – THE MARXIST
THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH (HRW) REPORT – EU/Greece: First Turkey Deportations Riddled With Abuse
(Athens) 22 4. 2016 – – The first round of European Union-sanctioned deportations of 66 people from the Greek island of Chios to Turkey on April 4, 2016 was rushed, chaotic, and violated the rights of those deported, Human Rights Watch said today. In Turkey, the detained deportees lost contact with family and friends held in Greece, and Turkish authorities have not allowed visits by rights groups or the United Nations.“In the mad dash to start the deportations deal with Turkey, the European Union and Greece tossed rights to the wind, including for people who wanted to seek asylum,” said Fred Abrahams, Human Rights Watch associate director for program. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=73391
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP TOP NEWS BACKGROUNDER : U.S. split deepens over Putin’s intentions in Syria civil war – Russia’s latest moves in Syria raise alarm
22 April 2016 – By Jonathan Landay and Phil Stewart – REUTERS – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia’s latest military moves in Syria have sharpened divisions within the U.S. administration over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin genuinely backs a U.N.-led initiative to end the civil war or is using the negotiations to mask renewed military support for Syrian President Bashar Assad. Russia has repositioned artillery near the disputed city of Aleppo, several U.S. officials told Reuters. Despite withdrawing some fixed-wing aircraft in March, Russia has also bolstered its forces in Syria with advanced helicopter gunships, and renewed airstrikes against moderate opposition groups, said U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=73403
Assyrian Forces Launch Counterattack Against Kurdish PYD/PKK Fighters in Syria
lmasdarnews.com – 22 Apirl 2016 – Hours after the Kurdish police (Asayish) and the Arab tribesmen of the National Defense Forces (NDF) began to clash inside Qamishli, the Assyrian forces (Sootooro and Hamiya Al-Jazeerah) launched a counter-attack near the Security Box after several of their fighters were arrested by the Asayish. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=73401
MESOP : PUTIN, ISRAEL & ROJAVA
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Moscow yesterday, at least partly to discuss two incidents in which Russian forces fired on Israeli warplanes along the Israel-Syria border. Israel and Russia reached an arrangement for military deconfliction in Syria last year, and when Israeli President Reuven Rivlin raised concerns last month Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he had not heard about the incidents. www.mesop.de
MESOP IN DEPTH : After declaring autonomy, Syrian Kurds ‘open to ties with Israel’
Israeli professor says Jerusalem should endorse Kurdish aspirations in war-torn Syria, can help defeat Islamic State / OFRA’S PROMOTION FOR PKK/PYD
By Dov Lieber – March 18, 2016, THE TIMES OF ISRAEL – (….) The only other areas in the Middle East that can be characterized in this way are the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq — where minorities are well-protected under new laws — and Israel.“[The Syrian Kurds] are a community of people who are willing to cooperate with Israel,” Professor Ofra Bengio, head of the Kurdish studies program at Tel Aviv University, told The Times of Israel on Thursday. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=73393
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP : ALL GOING EUROPE ! / EU PROGNOSIS : 5 MILLION MORE REFUGEES UNTIL 2018
Iraq Displacement Continues To Outpace Returns And Will Only Get Worse (BY MUSINGS ON IRAQ – JOEL WING) 21 Apr 2016
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) recently reported that the number of displaced in Iraq climbed again from 3.3 million to 3.4 million. While cities like Tikrit have been touted as success stories of people going back to their homes, continued military operations are driving out more families. The IOM counted3,418,332 displaced in Iraq from January 1, 2014 to March 31, 2016. That was an increase from the 3,320,844 reportedin late February. Anbar, 1,486,866 people, and Ninewa, 1,125,414, accounted for 76% of all the internal refugees in the country. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=73399
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP AMBERIN ZAMAN AND THE SEXINESS OF HAKAN FIDAN
How Turkish intelligence scored much-needed success
20 April 2016 / AlMonitor – In 2013, Al-Monitor columnist Amberin Zaman penned a piece for another publication titled “Hakan Fidan, So Very Sexy” to explain how crucial Fidan’s role as director of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) is in Turkish politics — hence, the media’s persistent focus on his actions.
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