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MESOP TODAYS SLOGAN
Like they said “Assad can’t use chemical weapons”
“Assad can’t starve”
“Assad can’t barrelbomb” كس امكم
UN mediator says Syria peace talks ‘cannot fail’ – AFP http://bit.ly/1PIb3um
MESOP LATEST :
- 20 PKK rebels & 3 soldiers killed; and more than 20 civilians (some injured) still sheltering in a Cizre basement http://reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0V51AC …
- This now confirmed my early news #Turkey army sent additional troops to #Bashiqa camp near #Mosul #Iraq
Beyond The Levant @TheRealBTL – 180 Turkish troops accompanied by armored trucks and artillery arrived at Camp Zlican (Bashiqa) through Ibrahim Khalil border crossing. www.mesop.de
MESOP TODAYS HEADLINE OF SHAME – RENZI’S BUSINESS PARTNER IN FRONT OF VEILED EUROPAN CULTURE
VIDEO: ‘It’s not clear if the Holocaust is a reality or not,’ Iran’s supreme leader says (Rouhani)
MESOP : CANADIAN PLAIN TRUTH / THE OTTAWA CITIZEN
“Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been reduced to working as an errand boy for Vladimir Putin, instructing Syria’s rebel forces on what they may and may not put on the table in the latest United Nations’ “peace talks” charade, and making plain to everyone that Obama and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani are on the same page: forget about sending Assad to the International Criminal Court”. http://www.mesop.de/?p=70622
MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY BY SONER CAGAPTEY / KEMAL ERDOGAN’S SECOND TURKISH REVOLUTION
By Soner Cagaptay – Politico – January 27, 2016 – The Turkish leader seems intent on uprooting the Ottoman legacy and restoring Islam’s central role.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is all but certain to become the longest serving Turkish leader in modern history, surpassing even Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The founder of modern Turkey ruled the country for 15 years between 1923 and 1938. By the time he finishes his current term, Erdogan will have run Turkey for 17 years, as prime minister between 2002 and 2014 and as president until 2019.
Erdogan is often cast as an Ottoman revivalist. His critics suggest he wants to do away with the legacy and policies of Ataturk, who established Turkey as a modern secular republic in the 1920s, and bring back the Ottoman Empire in its place. But Erdogan’s agenda goes deeper: He wants to rid Turkey not only of the legacy of Ataturk, but also of the late, westernized Ottoman Empire.Often portrayed as a standalone revolutionary leader, Ataturk is really a product of the Ottoman Empire. He was educated in Ottoman schools and served in the Ottoman military. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=70612
MESOP TODAYS OPINION BY OUR FRIEND SHERI LAIZER
For Sale: Iraqi Kurdistan, a Nation & Its Values
Sheri Laizer in France – | Special to Ekurd.net – 28 Jan 2016 – Iraqi Kurdistan has turned into a chaotic frontier land where the black economy and corruption flourish. Major international players and internal political forces secretly put aside their weapons to agree on how to divide the spoils.
Turkey, Iran, the USA, the Barzanis and other key tribal leaders cut shares in high profits from the revenues of Kurdistan while the peshmerga have not received their wages for the past seven months but are still expected to carry on the battle against ISIS.
Last August (2015), Nechirvan Barzani, Massoud Barzani’s nephew and Prime Minister claimed, “oil exports from Kurdish-controlled fields had reached 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) and could give Kurdistan the much needed $800 million per month to offset the deficit and pay salaries of civil servants in the region.” Despite this, nearly six months on wages are still not being paid and energy supplies depend on family status.1 Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=70614
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP : BIG RUBLES – The Syria War Is Showcasing Russian Arms, Promoting Sales
Companies in the Russian defense industry are beginning 2016 with optimism: The contracts in their portfolio exceed $50 billion, and the military campaign in Syria has been excellent advertising for Russian armaments.
In an article published last week in Kommersant–Dengi magazine, writer Ivan Safronov analyzed the internal (economic) and external factors which will impact armament exports in the new year. He also predicted which countries will buy arms from Russia in 2016, and in which quantities. Following are excerpts from Safronov’s article:[1] http://www.mesop.de/?p=70605
MESOP : HNC Spokesman: A ‘Scary Retreat’ In U.S. Position Has Brought It Closer Than Ever To Russia’s, Iran’s Positions
January 27, 2016Special Dispatch No.6280 – Memri – Syrian Opposition On Eve Of Geneva Talks: U.S. Made ‘A Scary Retreat’ From Its Former Position
Indirect talks between the Syrian regime and Syrian opposition are scheduled to commence in Geneva on January 29, 2016. Ahead of these talks, the recently established High Negotiations Committee (HNC),[1] which is charged with nominating the opposition’s delegation to the talks and steering the talks on behalf of the opposition, has been heavily pressured to drop its preconditions for beginning the talks, such as ceasing the bombardment of civilians and lifting the siege from areas in Syria. The HNC is also under pressure to comply with Russian demands to change the makeup of the opposition delegation and allow the participation of oppositionists who are close to Russia and moderate in their positions vis-à-vis the Syrian regime, such as Qadri Jamil and Haytham Manna’. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=70610
MESOP : THE PUTIN/OBAMA BACKED REGIME – Assad Regime Did Not Respond to Majority of Aid Requests
The need for humanitarian aid in Syria has drastically increased over the past year, but the Assad regime has failed to respond to requests to deliver aid in a large majority of instances, U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien told the U.N. Security Council yesterday. Of 113 requests from the United Nations to provide inter-agency aid convoys, only 10 percent were allowed to reach their destination; the regime granted preliminary permission to another 10 percent of requests, but they were not granted final approval or could not proceed due to security concerns. In 75 percent of cases, the regime did not respond to aid requests. The U.N. assessment of the number of people in need of aid in Syria grew to 13.5 million in 2015, up from 1.3 million in 2014.
O’Brien’s presentation comes ahead of peace talks that could begin as soon as tomorrow. The opposition High Negotiations Committee has still not reached a decision about whether it will participate, but reiterated its conditions for participating yesterday. www.mesop.de
MESOP Syria Feature: Starvation in Madaya — “Everything is Gone” (UN HOLIDAY’S!)
January 28 Jan 2016 – By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – The UN has announced that it will be able to deliver humanitarian aid to Madaya, following the consent of the Assad regime. The organization will also be sending in assistance to the regime enclaves of al-Fu’ah and Kafraya, north of Idlib city in northwest Syria. “The UN welcomes today’s approval from the Government of Syria to access Madaya, Fu’ah, and Kafraya and is preparing to deliver humanitarian assistance in the coming days,” a statement said.Activists and analysts had criticized the UN, including Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, for silence over the growing crisis in Madaya.Amir Burhan, who runs a field hospital in nearby Zabadani just north of Madaya, said a UN official had responded to appeals for help by saying that all staff were on holiday from December 24 to January 5. – Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=70626
MESOP : PUTIN’S BODYCOUNT PAVING WAY TO GENEVA ?
Syria Daily: Amid Russia’s Airstrikes, Another 118 People Killed on Wednesday
January 28 – 2016 – by Scott Lucas – eaworldview The opposition Local Coordination Committees documented another 118 deaths across Syria on Wednesday, as Russia bombed both opposition and Islamic State-held areas. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=70628
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP : TURKEY & GERMANY JOINTLY AGAINST ISIS & PKK – Turkey, Germany Implement New Joint Counter-terrorism Mechanism
Rudaw – 2016-01-28 – Germany and Turkey have put a new mechanism in place which will enable them to more effectively combat mutual terrorist threats. They are doing this through appointing liaisons which will, they hope, improve cooperative efforts against the terrorist threats they face. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=70616
MESOP : THE GENERAL PROBLEM CALLED ERDOGAN – Turkey’s Democracy in Decline, Future Looks Bleak / AN OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE
By Zeynep Karatas – Todays Zaman – 28 Jan 2016 – Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) senior Turkey researcher Emma Sinclair-Webb expressed deep concern for the future of Turkey and its declining democracy in light of the sharp spike in human rights violations that have been committed over the past year.
“We are seeing the dismantling of all checks on power of the [country’s] leaders. Turkey is basically dismantling and eroding its democratic framework. This spells, for Turkey, dark times ahead,” the senior researcher stated to the press.Sinclair-Webb was joined by International Executive Director for HRW Kenneth Roth in ?stanbul on Wednesday morning for the international release of the group’s world report for 2016 titled “‘Politics of Fear’ Threatens Rights, Terror Attacks, Refugee Crisis, and Broad Global Crackdown.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=70618
MESOP : CHAIRMAN SALIH MUSLIM – AFTER FORCED GREENNESS NOW DISILLUSIONED !
Kurds in Syrian Kurdistan don’t need the Geneva peace talks (Salih Muslim PYD/PKK)
Ayub Nuri | Rudaw – 28 Jan 2016 – Whoever has arranged the Syria peace talks in Geneva is living in dreams. How can you expect an amalgam of armed groups, most of them Islamists with too much blood on their hands and sworn enemies of each other to sit together and talk peace. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=70632
On Eve Of Geneva Talks: Syrian Regime Strong Thanks To Support Of Russia; Opposition Divided, Weak And Bereft Of U.S. Backing
By: N. Mozes and M. Terdiman* – January 28, 2016Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No.1223 – MEMRI
Introduction – On January 29, 2016, some two years after the failure of the Geneva II conference, another round of indirect talks will take place in Geneva between the Assad regime and the Syrian opposition, in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2254, which outlined a roadmap to solve the Syrian crisis.[1] According to the resolution, the talks were set to begin in early January 2016, but were postponed twice due to disagreements between the parties regarding the makeup of the opposition delegation. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=70634
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP : KAK MESUD’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED ? – Massoud Barzani says he is ready to leave power
Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani has reportedly announced his readiness to abdicate and leave power in the region.28 Jan 2016 – The Rudaw TV channel quoted Barzani as saying in a recent meeting with the region’s political leaders that he is ready to give up power peacefully. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=70630