MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : SOPHISTICATED ISRAELI DRONES TO CHASE & KILL CHRISTIANS IN KARABAKH – SEND PERMANENTLY FROM MILITARY NEGEV AIRPORTS CHAZERIM & NEVATIM
The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: A Milestone in Military Affairs
By Uzi RubinDecember 16, 2020 – Screen grab from video of Israeli drone just after it destroyed an Armenian target during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. – Mideast Security and Policy Studies Paper #184
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The recently concluded six-week-long Second Nagorno-Karabakh War fought by Armenia and Azerbaijan was a milestone in military affairs, as it was the first conflict in which unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) won a war from the air.
Azerbaijan’s UAVs obliterated Armenia’s formidable array of ground-based air defenses, after which they systematically decimated Armenia’s ground force matériel, including tanks, artillery pieces, and supply trucks. This onslaught forced Armenia to accept a humiliating ceasefire imposed by Russia.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS VORHERSAGE : Syrische Kurden erpresst sich zwischen türkischer Bedrohung, russischem Druck in Ain Issa
Inmitten wachsender Ängste vor einer neuen türkischen Offensive stehen die syrischen Kurden unter russischem Druck, die strategische Stadt Ain Issa vollständig oder teilweise an die syrische Regierung abzutreten.
Ein türkischer Soldat steht am 26. November 2019 in der Nähe seines gepanzerten Fahrzeugs auf einer Autobahn nahe der nordsyrischen Stadt Ain Issa in der Region Raqqa, als von der Türkei unterstützte Kräfte Verstärkung enden.
Fehim Tastekin AL MONITOR – 15. Dez 2020
Die kurdisch kontrollierte Stadt Ain Issa ist zum Brennpunkt neuer Spannungen im Nordosten Syriens geworden, da die Türkei offenbar eine neue Militäroperation erkundet, um kurdische Gewinne rückgängig zu machen, bevor der designierte US-Präsident Joe Biden sein Amt annimmt.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : THE FINISH OF ROJAVA – Syrian Kurds squeezed between Turkish threat, Russian pressure in Ain Issa
Amid growing fears of a fresh Turkish offensive, the Syrian Kurds are under Russian pressure to cede full or partial control of the strategic town of Ain Issa to the Syrian government.
A Turkish soldier stands near his armored vehicle on a highway near the northern Syrian town of Ain Issa in the Raqqa region on Nov. 26, 2019, as Turkey-backed forces deploy reinforcements around the key town. Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images.
Fehim Tastekin Dec 15, 2020 AL MONITOR – The Kurdish-controlled town of Ain Issa has become the focal point of fresh tensions in northeast Syria as Turkey appears to be exploring a new military operation to undo Kurdish gains before US President-elect Joe Biden assumes office.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : Iraq’s Economic Collapse Could Be Biden’s First Foreign-Policy Headache
If the Iraqi government fails to pay state workers’ salaries in January, it could lead to widespread instability and violence. The United States and the international community must shore up Baghdad’s finances before it’s too late.
BY FARHAD ALAALDIN, KENNETH M. POLLACK | DECEMBER 14, 2020, 12:25 PM FOREIGN POLIY
This article is part of The Biden Transition, Foreign Policy’s ongoing coverage of how U.S. President-elect Joe Biden builds a new White House administration—and what the new team’s policies might be.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : DOWNGOING IRAQ – Unidentified gunmen assassinate well-known protester in Baghdad
“Iraqi died after arriving at Sheikh Zayed Hospital, as he was shot five times in the attack.”
Hiwa Shilani December 15th 2020 20:12 – Prominent Baghdad protester Salah al-Iraqi was assassinated by unknown gunmen on Dec.
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Unknown assailants in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad assassinated a prominent activist who was participating in ongoing anti-government protests on Tuesday.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : BANKROTT IN KURDISTAN IRAQ
In Kurdistan begehrt die Jugend gegen die Herrschenden auf
Wie ein Lehen haben die beiden grossen Kurdenparteien im Nordirak die Region und ihren Reichtum unter sich aufgeteilt. Die Verlierer sind die Jugendlichen, doch sind sie immer weniger bereit, dieses System des Klientelismus hinzunehmen.
Inga Rogg, Jerusalem16.12.2020, 05.30 Uhr NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG
Bei den jüngsten Protesten wurde auch das Büro der Demokratischen Partei Kurdistans (KDP) in Suleimaniya in Brand gesteckt.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS EXCLUSIV : Uighur repression ‘turbocharged by technology,’ confidential documents show
Researchers uncover new details on how apps and tech companies like Zapya, Huawei and Megvii contribute to China’s surveillance and mass internment program in Xinjiang.
By Scilla Alecci December 14, 2020 – International Consortium of Investigative Journalists | 1710 Rhode Island Ave NW, 11th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036
A new list of Uighur detainees believed to be leaked from Xinijang suggests that China continues to use sophisticated data collection technology to identify and arbitrarily detain members of the Muslim minority, according to a recent report by Human Rights Watch.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS CHINA CABLES : ICC complaint alleging Uighur genocide cites China Cables as evidence
By Scilla Alecci November 24, 2020 – International Consortium of Investigative Journalists |
Salih Hudayar, founder of the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement, leads a rally outside the White House to urge the United States to take action to stop the oppression of the Uighur.
The classified Chinese government documents at the core of the China Cables investigation were included as evidence submitted to the International Criminal Court in a complaint alleging genocide against the Uighurs by China’s top leaders, the lawyer leading the case said.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS BACKGROUNDER : U.S. IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON TURKEY OVER PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN MISSILE SYSTEM
THE SOUFAN CENTER – 16 Dec 2020
Bottom Line Up Front: The United States recently imposed sanctions on Turkey in response to Ankara’s purchase of the Russian-made S-400 air defense system.
- The EU is also expected to respond to Turkey with sanctions in view of its aggressive energy exploration activities in the eastern Mediterranean.
- The US and EU seek to rein in Erdogan’s growing ambitions, while also curtailing Ankara’s continued drift toward Moscow and Putin.
- Erdogan dismissed the severity of the sanctions, although Turkey’s economy is struggling, compounded by the impact of COVID-19.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS WEEKLY REPORT KURDISTAN ( IRAN – IRAQ – SYRIA & TURKEY) 16 Dec 2020
Iran
- The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced a prominent British-Kurdish anthropologist named Kameel Ahmady to eight years in prison for “collaboration with a hostile government” on Monday. Ahmady, who studies gender roles, ethnic minorities, and child labor in Iran, was initially arrested in August 2019 and jailed for three months before being granted bail. At the same time, the Iranian regime continued its ongoing crackdown on Kurdish political activity by arresting seven Kurds in Baneh on Wednesday named Baqi Mahmud, Sarhad Salihi, Kazem Khedri, Ibrahim Shoryani, Rahman Shadni, Rebwas Suri, and Zanko Rahmati. Moreover, Iranian authorities detained two Kurdish siblings, Shukar Jabarwand and Kamil Jabarwand, for “cooperation with a Kurdish party against the Islamic Republic” in Urmia. The Iranian regime has now arrested 253 Kurdish activists in 2020.
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