Quote:RedHack ★‏ @TheRedHack
https://twitter.com/TheRedHack/status/33...6249575424 5/22/2013
Hacker group RedHack reveals gendarmerie's #Reyhanlı attack document: Claim bit.ly/16O84sQ @YourAnonNews @Anon_Central #Anonymous

Quote:http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish...sCatID=341 5/22/2013
Turkish hacker group RedHack has leaked some documents reportedly belonging to the Gendarmerie Intelligence Department that claimed that an anti-regime group in Syria with links to al-Qaeda was planning a car bomb attack and this might take place in Turkey.

Quote:RedHack ★‏ @TheRedHack
https://twitter.com/TheRedHack/status/33...2484661248 5/23/2013
Soldier detained over leak to RedHack of Reyhanlı bombing documents todayszaman.com/newsDetail_get... @YourAnonNews @ANon_Central #Anonymous @RT_com

Quote:http://www.todayszaman.com/news-316356-s...ments.html 5/23/2013
A soldier has been detained as part of an investigation into the leak of classified military intelligence documents about tip-offs prior to the Reyhanlı bombings, which killed 51 and wounded dozens on May 11, which were later obtained by the hacker group RedHack (Kızıl Hackerlar) and revealed to the public this week, Turkey’s interior minister said on Thursday.

Interior Minister Muammer Güler said RedHack did not obtain the secret documents following a cyberattack on the computers of a local gendarme intelligence unit in the southern province of Hatay, as was reported, but with the help of a soldier from within the unit.

Deputy Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Hüseyin Çelik also confirmed the development and said one soldier was detained as part of an investigation into the leaks.

RedHack earlier in the week released a number of classified documents, which included information about the Reyhanlı bombings, suggesting that four vehicles with Syrian license plates had been readied by the radical al-Nusra Front to be sent to Hatay.

Quote:Doug Pologe‏ @DougPologe
https://twitter.com/DougPologe/status/33...2845569024 5/23/2013
Leader of Syrian/Kurdish PYD, affiliated with PKK, wants to meet with Turkey's National Intelligence Organization. todayszaman.com/news-316338-py...

Quote:http://www.todayszaman.com/news-316338-p...h-mit.html 5/23/2013
Salih Muslim, the leader of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the political offshoot of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Syria, has said the PYD would very much like to meet with Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) as part of the ongoing settlement process with the PKK.

Quote:Wladimir ‏@vvanwilgenburg
https://twitter.com/vvanwilgenburg/statu...4110771200 5/21/2013
David L. Phillips argues for removing #PKK from the terrorist list in order to engage with the #PYD huff.to/17ZdXnh

Quote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-l-ph..._hp_ref=tw 5/21/2013
The situation in Syria is urgent. Delisting the PKK would open the door to discussions with the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the PKK's affiliate in Syria, about joining the opposition to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. It would also boost the peace process in Turkey by rewarding the PKK for its recent decision to cease hostilities and withdraw fighters from Turkish soil, maintaining momentum and setting the stage for negotiations aimed at a full final solution to Turkey's Kurdish question. Waiting would leverage the PKK's continued cooperation, but risks diminishing the impact of delisting on regional events. [...]

Engaging the PYD would be a big step towards forging consensus. Neither the United States nor the EU will act without Turkey's blessing. To this end, a deal could be made for the U.S. and EU to delist the PKK. In exchange, Ocalan would instruct the PYD to work with the opposition. The PYD has an effective fighting force on Turkey's border near Qamishli in the North and East of Syria. Engaging the PYD would establish a buffer between the war in Syria and Turkey, enhancing Turkey's security, and fostering a common vision for governance and regional cooperation when Assad is deposed.

PKK Kurdish deal with Turkey may worry Iran and Syria [written by Guney Yildiz]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22471423 5/10/2013
Rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have begun leaving south-eastern Turkey for their main bases in northern Iraq, but there is no talk of disarmament yet.

Instead, several top commanders of the PKK have said they will keep and even consolidate their forces.

So what will the thousands of well-trained militants in Qandil, Zap and other PKK-controlled areas of northern Iraq do, as the truce with Turkey holds?

This is probably the question the Iranian and Syrian governments have been asking since the imprisoned leader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, who is negotiating a peace deal with Turkey, urged militants to withdraw from inside Turkey.

The group has two sister parties in Iran and Syria with their own armed wings: the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), which is fighting against Iran, and the Democratic Union Party (PYD), which holds the reins of power in Kurdish areas of Syria. Both have many fighters from Turkey's Kurdish areas.

"Iran's main concern is whether the PKK fighters will be joining forces with PJAK or not," says Mehdi Talati, a Swiss-based Iranian security analyst.

"PJAK, with its current strength, does not represent a strong challenge to the Iranian army, but it could pose a significant threat with reinforcements from the PKK."

Surprise

Only two years ago, Iran and Turkey were conducting joint military operations against the PKK's main bases in the Qandil Mountains.

Prof Nader Entessar of the University of South Alabama in the US argues Iran was taken by surprise by the peace process in Turkey: "The Iranian government doesn't appear to have foreseen this and developed a plan B for this situation yet; we may say that they were caught off-guard."

A ceasefire has been in place between the PKK's Iranian offshoot and Tehran since the autumn of 2011.

Although the PKK has shown its resilience in the face of joint military operations from Turkey and Iran, the group has sought to avoid fighting on two fronts whenever it can.

PKK executive leader Murat Karayilan has tried hard to establish a ceasefire between PJAK and Iran in order to focus on the fight against Turkey.

He recently reiterated that he would like to see the truce between PJAK and Iran continue.

However, Abdullah Ocalan has talked about the possibility of PKK militants joining forces with the PYD and PJAK.

"I don't believe that our guerrilla force will [cease being active] when we withdraw - there are Syria and Iran," he was quoted as saying in leaked meeting notes with three MPs of the pro-Kurdish BDP, who went to meet him at Imrali Prison where he is being held.

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Quote:Rudaw English‏ @RudawEnglish
https://twitter.com/RudawEnglish/status/...9693238272 5/15/2013
Prime Minister of KRG signs a petition to free leader of PKK Abdullah Ocalan. More on this: g.ua/WR3W #TwitterKurds

Quote:Wladimir ‏@vvanwilgenburg
https://twitter.com/vvanwilgenburg/statu...6683770880 5/22/2013
PKK Thanks KRG MPs For Signing Petition nblo.gs/LuGyU

Quote:TCK-English‏ @youthkurd
https://twitter.com/youthkurd/status/337679475292647424 5/23/2013
Photo- Aleppo "just after the beginning of the Revolution"| TCK's @KohderzTemir with KDP-S and PYD youth in prison! pic.twitter.com/GQSfeCyDcF

Quote:Kasim Kadir ‏@KasimKadir1
https://twitter.com/KasimKadir1/status/3...6885574656 5/23/2013
@youthkurd @KohderzTemir Unity in Prison,Division in 'freedom' #Twitterkurds

Quote:X‏ @TaziMorocco
https://twitter.com/TaziMorocco/status/3...5906624513 5/23/2013
BREAKING: Rebels Breaking into Aleppo Central Prison | Al-Ayyam - Shabab Souria | الأيام - شباب سوريا ayy.am/10UyW6e #Syria

Quote:Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriaohr/posts/372325929542418 5/23/2013
Aleppo province: 2 detonated car explosions took place at the siege of Aleppo central prison, in the outskirts of Aleppo city, followed by clashes between rebel and regular forces. Rebel fighters have recently attempted to storm the central prison several times.

Quote:http://vvanwilgenburg.blogspot.com/2013/...diers.html 5/18/2013
Hawar news claimed that the regime would kill prisoners if the FSA would storm the prison in Aleppo. There are also Kurdish political prisoners in Aleppo.

Quote:http://shabab.ayyam.org/en/story/breakin...ral-prison 5/23/2013
Rebels have been attempting for days to break into Aleppo's Central Prison, they managed on Thursday to start their last operation before claiming the entire establishment and announcing its liberation. According to a statement posted on the Syrian Islamic Front's Facebook page, rebel fighters conducted a series of endeavors starting with tank shelling and heavy artillery attacks and eventually finishing with a carbomb that targeted the main gates of the prison. According to activists, the advancement is a significant step towards the final liberation of the key stronghold. Regime forces continued to shell the area using explosive barrels and mortars. More updates soon.

Quote:Solacium‏ @Solacium800
https://twitter.com/Solacium800/status/3...2751663105 5/23/2013
Syria denies rebels' control over central prison of Aleppo city news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/...

Quote:http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/...756015.htm 5/23/2013
A Syrian military source denied media reports that the rebels had stormed the central prison of the northern city of Aleppo, saying that the rebels only shelled the prison with mortars that led to the killing of a number of prisoners.

The source, whose remarks were carried by the state-TV on Thursday, said the "terrorists" couldn't storm the prison, adding that many of the prisoners were also injured during the rebels' mortar attack.

The Western-backed rebels have been trying over the past month to storm the prison in what appeared to be a bid to free some of their comrades.

Quote:http://pydinfo.com/field-reports/125-on-...-kurdistan 5/2/2013
The Syrian regime is still not releasing the prisoners of the Qamislo uprising of 2004. The 50 prisoners are after 9 years still awaiting trial in the Aleppo central prison of Almeselmya.