sábado, 20 de agosto de 2016

KDS in English: Geneva or Kurdish autonomy?

By Martín Romero
Traduced by Pablo Mestrovic 

It is not anything new that Geneva negotiations, intended to solve the Syrian crisis, have not bore fruits. But since their last round, there have been many changes on the ground and regarding the negotiations between the parties. Regarding the military situation, the advance of Baath’s regime forces and its allies, Russia and Iran, is remarkable. It must be remembered that these forces are not only the Syrian Arab Army and Baath affiliated local militias, but also Iraqi Shia militias and the Lebanese Hezbollah, together with important quantities of Russian and Iranian troops. 

These advances have been achieved mostly against the groups affiliated with Syrian National Coalition, which are linked to Turkey and Gulf monarchies and against the “former” Al Nusra Front (now called Fatih al Sham Front, after its split from Al Qaeda), a tactical – and in some cases even ideological- ally of several of these groups.  Regime’s offensive against eastern Aleppo, under the control of said militias has closed the encirclement, has cut the only supply route, laying the siege to the eastern neighborhoods of the city. Their residents suffer the bombings of Syrian Air Force, Russian aircraft, Syrian army artillery and the mortar and rockets fire of both  pro-Assad and opposition militias. (Read More)

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