Mesopotamische EntwicklungsGesellschaft - Mezopotamian Development Society (Registered) THE MOST REQUESTED DAILY & ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSSERVICE ON KURDISTAN FOR THE HIGHLY INVOLVED PEOPLE MESOP English & German Version - (FOUNDED 1988) / PO Box 5135 - D 61440 OBERURSEL – Germany VISIT & SUBSCRIBE (or unsubscribe) MESOP NEWSLETTER ON OUR WEBSITE : mesop.de Editors Facebook: facebook/guy.debod Hour by hour new News from all parts of Kurdistan - German follows English MESOP MOTTO : „NEVER MAKE A CONCESSION FROM THE TRUTH“ TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION : Assad’s Killing of Syrians Denies Political Solution Look at the horrific massacre that Assads forces, aided by the terrorist militia of Hezbollah, committed against civilians in the neighborhood of Tariq al Bab in Aleppo yesterday in which dozens were killed and many residential buildings were destroyed. NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY) Kurdistan Democratic Communities’ Union - Koma Civaken Kurdistan - THE COPRESIDENCY OF KCK EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO OUR PEOPLE AND THE PUBLIC OPINION : 24-11-2013 : On December 17, 1999, November 25 was designated as the international day for the elimination of violence against women by the UN General Assembly. On this day, women from all over the world take to the streets and protest the violence against women. Read more: mesop.de Turkey’s Foreign Policy Challenges / THE RETHINK INSTITUTE - WASHINGTON November 2013 Turkey - Turkish FP Conference - The following is the transcript of the conference on Turkey’s foreign policy challenges held at the Rethink Institute on September 24, 2013. The conference examined Turkey’s foreign policy challenges against the backdrop of the current developments in the Middle East and addressed the following questions: How will Turkish foreign policy play out in the near future? What are Turkey’s options in the Middle East? What should be the nature of the model partnership between Turkey and in the United States? How about Turkey’s other significant interests in the European Union, the Caucasus, and Central Asia? - Watch pdf: rethinkinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Turkeys-Foreign-Policy-Challenges.pdf WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA) The most favorite dialogue partner of Western Peace Movement NEW REPORT : ASSAD TARGETS CHILDREN WITH SNIPERS - REPORT OF OXFORD RESEARCH GROUP : THE HIDDEN TOLL OF CHILD CASUALTIES IN SYRIA Our new report reveals 11,420 children killed in Syrian conflict: 7 out of 10 by explosives, 1 in 4 by bullets. This is one of the headline findings of a new report from the Oxford Research Group’s (ORG) Every Casualty Programme. We examine in unprecedented detail the information these figures contain on victims and how they were killed. This includes children caught in cross fire, as well as others targeted by snipers, summarily executed and, in some cases, tortured. - oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/ Salih Muslim Speech on Sterk TV S.Muslim: ”So this is the issue we want to find a solution for”. [12]. S.Muslim: Both sides [Kurds&Arabs] are victims of this politics. One forced to move to Kurdish areas, the other forced to leave.” [11] – Read & Watch more mesop.de/?p=40056 PYDs Youth Movement March to Support YPG & Interim Administration Kurdish Revolutionary Youth Movement members walk on foot to the grave of Xhabat Derik in order to support YPG and interim administration. In the past, Barzani-supporters walked to the grave of Mullah Mustafa Barzani. - Posted go by Wladimir van Wilgenburg Robert Ford Against PYD London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The decision of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) to announce an interim government in territories it controls in Syria has raised concerns among both Syrian opposition groups and the countries backing them, including the United States. Ambassador Robert Ford, the US Ambassador to Syria and the main point-person for Syrian policy at the US State Department, says it would be better for the Kurds to focus on the success of the revolution in the present time, and to deal with the “questions” relating to the Kurds constitutionally once a transitional governing body is formed in Syria. Read more: mesop.de/?p=40059 SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ) Kurdish government to investigate Kurdish youths going to Syria for Jihad Hawar Abdulrazaq - BasNews (Erbil): 25-11-2013 - According to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Kurdish prime minister Nechirvan Barzani has requested that his government form a committee to investigate the recent wave of young Kurds that have gone to Syria for jihad. Read more: mesop.de/?p=40061 Kurdish Parties to Run Separately in Upcoming Iraq Polls By RUDAW 2 – 25-11-2013 - ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdish parties in Iraq will run in next April’s legislative elections separately instead of a single bloc following approval of a seat distribution formula that gives small parties a better chance of winning seats, a spokesman said. Read more: mesop.de/?p=40063 Massoud Barzani & Nawshirwan Mustafa to meet on Monday 25-11-2013 – Kurdpress - The Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani and Nawshirwan Mustafa, the chief of the region’s main opposition Change Movement are due to meet each other on Monday in line with negotiation over the formation of the region’s next government. According to the reports, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minster Nechirvan Barzani is expected to attend in the briefing. I asked Change leader to have a short meeting with the president of the region and he accepted, KRG PM told in a joint news conference with Iraqi Kurdistan Communist Party Chief Kemal Shakir. EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN) BERLIN : International conference discusses saving Lake Urmia Edris Ahmed - BasNews (Iran): 26-11-2013 - The first international conference aimed at preventing Lake Urmia from drying up is due to be held in Berlin next Sunday. The event will focus on bringing international experience to the table, in order to prevent the complete drainage of the lake. Read more: mesop.de/?p=40066 THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER DIE NEUE GEZI PARTEI : „Erdogan hat Angst vor uns“ Anhänger der Gezi-Park-Bewegung haben in der Türkei eine Partei gegründet. Im Interview spricht ihr Vizechef Erhan Imrak über die Ziele der Bewegung, die Forderung nach einem neuen politischen System und Geldprobleme. - Herr Imrak, was für eine Partei ist die neue Gezi-Partisi? – Volltext: mesop.de/?p=40041 Von Freunden informiert / von Thomas von der Osten-Sacken Es waren offenbar die Saudis, die Israel informierten, daß in den vergangenen Monaten geheime Gespräche zwischen den USA und dem Iran stattgefunden haben. Mehr über Obamas Nahostpolitik braucht man eigentlich nicht zu wissen: Israeli officials knew they were being kept in the dark as the U.S. conducted secret talks with Iran, and the knowledge that the White House was “going behind Israel’s back” was one of the key sources of tension between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama, according to a senior Israeli minister and other Israeli officials. “We did not know from the beginning, but we knew, we had intelligence that these meetings were happening,” said the Israeli minister, who spoke to BuzzFeed by phone from his Jerusalem office. He said that a “friend in the Gulf” shared intelligence with Israel that the meetings were taking place, and urged Israel to find out more. “I would like to say we knew the content of the talks, but we didn’t. What we knew was that the U.S. was choosing not to tell us about them and that was very worrying.” That “friend,” one foreign ministry official said, was Saudi Arabia, which along with Israel has most strongly objected to the nuclear deal reached between Iran and the West over the weekend. Read more mesop.de/?p=40044
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