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MESOP TODAYS MOST RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS

MESOP : YPG/PYD & US IMPERIALISM JOINTLY AS CLOSE COMRADES IN ARMS

Mark Campbell – YPG spokesperson Polat Can presenting US envoy for the coordination of the fight against ISIS, Brett McGurk a plaque in Rojava. It is the first visit of such a high ranking US ‘diplomat’ in Syria since the beginning of the war in Syria. Watch pic – http://www.mesop.de/?p=70799

 

MESOP ANALYSIS : GENEVA WHISPERING – NO OUTCOME ? wATCH cOMMENTATORS :. fOREIGN pOLICY – wALL sTREET jOURNAL – AL ARABIYA

“The ‘Geneva process’ is no more likely to succeed today than it was the last time it was tried, in 2014. Should they ever sit down, those on the other side of the table — the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, Russia, and Iran — will not feel compelled to accept any offer to which Syria’s rebels or their backers in the region could possibly agree. So what’s Plan B? Ha. There is no Plan B,” writes James Traub for Foreign Policy. Watch all http://www.mesop.de/?p=70795

 

MESOP TODAYS MOST RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS

MESOP : DON’T TRUST PUTIN, THE UN & GENEVE

Aymenn J Al-Tamimi@ajaltamimiTurkmen and Arab villagers flee north Latakia in face of regime advance http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkmens-idUSKCN0VA2G0 #Syria

More than 3,500 Syrians flee to Turkey in four days as pro-Assad forces advance

ISTANBUL | BY HUMEYRA PAMUK – REUTERS – www.mesop.de

 

MESOP : NO LAND OF MILK & HONEY / KRG PRODUCES MORE REFUGEES

Today is February 2, 2016, yet #KRG employees have not been paid their September 2015 payments. #TwitterKurdswww.mesop.de

 

MESOP LATEST INSIGHT : IRAQ / SOUTH KURDISTAN

  1. I) Read on Iraq’s economic struggle: @tarangoNYT http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/01/world/middleeast/battered-by-war-iraq-now-faces-calamity-from-dropping-oil-prices.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share … @IsabelColes http://uk.reuters.com/article/iraq-kurdistan-oil-payments-idAFL8N15G1OK … @wgdunlop https://in.news.yahoo.com/iraq-oil-exports-revenue-plunges-151158564.html

 

  1. II) Alan Attoof @alanattoof

Senior #KDP, #PUK & KIU officials decided 2 restore @KurdistanRegion #Parliament by bringing back Speaker & 4 Ministers from @GorranChange

III)                Kurdistan Islamic Group (Komal) head Ali Bapir rejects Barzani ‘ s call for referendum on independ. at present time. http://ekurd.net/kurd-rejects-referendum-independence-2016-02-02

  1. IV) Slemani Times@SlemaniTimes 7h7 hours ago#BREAKING#KDP have ordered all pictures of Nechirvan Barzani to be removed from KDP offices as of tomorrow. #TwitterKurds

 

MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY : The United States botched the Syria talks before they even began – By Author Steven Heydemann – Foreign Policy

Editors’ Note: Success at the Syria talks in Geneva is unlikely, but not because of opposition intransigence, writes Steven Heydemann. Rather, the Obama administration itself has increased the odds of failure by tilting towards Russia’s position on the fate of Syrian President Bashar Assad. This post originally appeared on Foreign Policy. Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=70813

 

U.S. Arrests Hezbollah Agents in Europe / GOD’S OWN CRIMINAL DRUG DEALERS

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration arrested several members of Hezbollah, including Mohamad Noureddine, who was placed under sanctions last week by the U.S. Treasury for laundering money for the terrorist organization. The individuals arrested are believed to include leaders of Hezbollah’s European operations. They stand accused of using millions of dollars from the sale of cocaine in the United States and Europe to buy weapons in Syria. The arrests were the result of a year-long investigation that included support from seven countries, including France, Germany, Italy and Belgium. www.mesop.de

 

WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)

MESOP BACKGROUND : New Mobilization Call from Azaz: Translation & Analysis

by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi • Feb 2, 2016 – Introduction and Analysis – Though the regime offensives backed by Russian airpower and Iranian-backed militias to supplement the manpower on the ground initially seemed to make little headway territorially, it is apparent that they have triggered manpower problems within the ranks of the rebels, most notably as several prominent leaders in a number of formations have been taken out. Combined with gradual regime advances in Aleppo and Latakia, these developments have prompted a number of mobilization calls and appeals for help. Watch all and pics and documents: http://www.mesop.de/?p=70804

 

MESOP : NEW ! – HIGH RANKING US ENVOYS DISCUSSING AGREEMENTS WITH PKK/PYD

Salih Muslim, US official discuss Syria talks: spokesman

The head of Syria Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) Party, Salih Muslim, discussed with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Tony Blinken, discussed the Syrian peace talks in Geneva as well as the “continued cooperation in the fight against Islamic State (IS) in northern Syria,” a spokesman said Monday. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=70807

 

SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)

MESOP BACKGROUNDER : The Popularity of the Hashd in Iraq – by: RENAD MANSOUR – CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016 – Many of Iraq’s Shia are taking up arms to fight the self-proclaimed Islamic State. However, rather than enlisting with the Iraqi military via the Ministry of Defense (MOD), they are opting to join paramilitary groups under the umbrella of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF or al-Hashd al-Shaabi in Arabic), which has become the single largest ground force combating Islamic State fighters in Iraq. Despite Human Rights Watch’s accusation that some groups under the umbrella, such as the Badr Brigades, League of the Righteous (Asaib ahl al-Haq), and Imam Ali Battalions are carrying out widespread and systematic human rights violations, the PMF has maintained its popularity and legitimacy among the Shia base. A recently published poll showed that 99 percent of Iraqi Shia support the PMF in its fight against the Islamic State. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=70797

 

MESOP : MONEY GO HOME ? NEVER !

Political factions in Iraqi Kurdistan urge return of cash reserves stored abroad

SULAIMANI, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— At least six factions of Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament urged authorities to bring back money taken “illegally” from the Kurdistan Region by companies and politicians. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=70821

 

MESOP FLASH : Residents of Besieged Iraqi City Dying of Starvation

Iraqis living in the Islamic State-occupied city of Fallujah are dying of starvation with access to food cut off by a siege implemented by the Iraqi military three months ago. At least 10 people have starved to death in Fallujah; the lack of supplies has driven up the costs what remaining food is in the city and some have resorted to eating grass. Residents say the Islamic State is hoarding the food that makes it past the blockade, which has made the Iraqi military reticent to allow supplies to enter. www.mesop.de

 

EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN)

MESOP NEWS : Iran, Russia Tightening Security Cooperation

TEHRAN (FNA)- 2 Feb 2016 – Iranian Supreme Leader’s top adviser Ali Akbar Velayati and Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev said on Tuesday that the two regional allies are determined to enhance cooperation in security.

In a Tuesday meeting in Moscow, Patrushev said the two sides have built long-term, strategic relations in various fields, and that senior officials are doing everything they can to tighten mutual cooperation even further. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=70815

 

 

MESOP SPECIAL : CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES – OVERVIEW & UPDATE

Creeping Incrementalism: U.S. Forces and Strategy in Iraq and Syria from 2011 to 2016: An Update

By Anthony H. Cordesman – FEB 1, 2016 – Please note: This commentary has been updated to reflect a new briefing by a Department of Defense spokesman.

In November 2015, the Burke Chair issued a detailed report on the history of fighting in Iraq and Syria entitled Creeping Incrementalism: U.S. Strategy in Iraq and Syria from 2011 to 2015 . In the months that have followed, the United States has continued this process of creeping incrementalism in building up its forces in Iraq and Syria and its efforts to degrade and dislodge ISIS from its ability to act as proto-state.

Still Creeping, Still Incrementalism, and Still no Coherent Strategy

The United States and its allies have made some gains in the process, and the U.S. led coalition now provides substantial amounts of airpower in attacks on ISIS and in support of Iraqi, Kurdish, and Arab rebel forces. In broad terms, however, the United States has still reacted slowly to the threat posed by ISIS and the internal division with Iraq and Syria, and made only low levels of incremental increases in its forces. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=70817

 

MESOP SPECIAL : The Kremlin’s Selective Counterterrorism – By Ilan Berman – National Review Online – January 27, 2016

To hear President Vladimir Putin tell it, his government is the proverbial tip of the spear in the global war on terror. – For months, Kremlin officials have taken great pains to style their intervention in Syria in grandiose terms – not simply as a ploy to prop up a key strategic ally, but as a broader campaign against Islamic extremism. To hear them tell it, Russia has been forced to lead because of Western fecklessness in the face of gathering Islamic radicalism. Yet this bluster belies the fact that Moscow’s counterterrorism policy is both flawed and selective in the extreme.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=70819

 

THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER

MESOP – „ALL INCLUSIVE“ ! – EIN PROFITABLER ASYLKREISLAUF – Die von Merkel subventionierte Erdogan-Türkei kann Refugees unmittelbar an den AKP-Finanzier + Berliner Großinvestor Ramazan Aslan delegieren –   DIE PERFEKTE MONEY GENERIERUNG

“GRAND HOTEL CITY MITTE” – Anmietung von Hotels 18.000 Euro je Flüchtlingsbett in Berlin?

Der Senat verhandelt nach Informationen der F.A.Z. mit einer Investorengruppe über die mehrjährige Anmietung von 22 Hotels in der Hauptstadt. Gesamtvolumen des Asyl-Mietvertrags: 600 Millionen Euro. FAZ – 01.02.2016, von Philip Plickert und Joachim Jahn – Grand City Hotel Berlin Mitte – Das 100 Betten Hotel gehört zum Portfolio der Hotel Management Gesellschaft GCH Hotel Group in Berlin mit der der Berliner Innensenator über die Unterbringung von 10 000 Flüchtlingen verhandelt. Der Berliner Senat verhandelt mit einer Hotelkette über die längerfristige Anmietung von 10.000 Hotelplätzen für Flüchtlinge. Es geht um 22 Hotels der Gesellschaft Grand City Hotels (GCH), wie die F.A.Z. aus Kreisen der Senatskanzlei erfuhr. Für die GCH verhandelt die in London ansässige Hampton Holding Ltd. Nach Informationen der F.A.Z. verlangt der Anbieter je Platz und Nacht eine Miete von 50 Euro, also etwa 1500 Euro im Monat und 18.000 Euro jährlich. Auch ein „All inclusive“-Programm für die Betreuung und Integration werde angeboten. Siehe auch Hotel-Foto http://www.mesop.de/?p=70791

 

MESOP KURZMELDUNGEN : ERSTAUFNAHMELAND GRIECHENLAND ALS EU STRÄFLINGSKOLONIE ?

Wohin mit kriminellen Flüchtlingen?: Abschieben in die Türkei ist nicht so einfach

n-tv.de NACHRICHTEN – 2 Feb 2016 – Bereits seit Oktober 2014 ist ein sogenanntes Rücknahmeabkommen zwischen der EU und der Türkei in Teilen in Kraft. Es verpflichtet Ankara, eigene …

EU-Gelder für die Türkei: Drei Milliarden sind erst der Anfang

tagesschau.de – 2Feb 2016 – Mit drei Milliarden Euro will die EU die Türkei in der Flüchtlingskrise unterstützen. Noch ist das Geld nicht geflossen, doch schon wird geraunt, Ankara … www.mesop.de

 

MESOP : APO’S FALKEN – YDG-H – / STALINISTISCHE VOLKSTRIBUNALE IN KURDISTAN

In Deutschland politisch promoted von Martin Glas(enapp) – medico international

Rabiate Sittenwächter / NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG 2 Feb. 2016

Anhänger der YDG-H weisen jedwede Mitverantwortung für zivile Opfer von sich und machen es sich damit sehr leicht. Unter der kurdischen Bevölkerung geniesst die Stadtguerilla grosse Sympathien für ihre Mission, den Kampf für die kurdische Sache. Hinter vorgehaltener Hand vernimmt man allerdings auch Unbehagen über die Taktik der Rebellen; etwa von Bewohnern, die wegen der Gefechte flüchteten, oder Gewerbetreibenden, die auf den Ruin zusteuern. Offen trauen sich das nur wenige zu sagen, niemand will als Verräter gelten. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=70802

 

MESOP : PKK FÜHRER cEMIL BAYIK SETZT GANZ AUF PUTIN

«Russland hat verstanden, dass die Kurden eine der wichtigsten Kräfte in der Region sind. Wenn Russland die Hilfe der Kurden hat, kann es seine eigene Politik in Syrien effektiver umsetzen und zugleich Druck auf die Türkei ausüben», führte Cemil Bayik, der nach Öcalan ranghöchste PKK-Führer, hierzu im Januar im Interview mit der österreichischen Tageszeitung Die Presse aus.

http://kurdistan.blogsport.de/2016/02/02/umworben-von-washington-und-moskau/