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Requested move for page 'Syrian Kurdistan' to 'Rojava', 18 January 2015

Hi!

I'm inviting editors to participate in the discussion to move the article 'Syrian Kurdistan' to 'Rojava'. My rationale is: This article is about a region governed by the PYD, which calls the area Rojava. Foreign press also uses this term, for example [1] (BBC) [2] (Guardian) [3] (Independent) [4] (VICE). Other examples on Wikipedia such as Kosovo (not South Serbia), Catalonia (not Catalonian Spain) or Scotland (not Scottish United Kingdom) indicate this article should be called Rojava as per convention. Thanks Genjix (talk) 19:00, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Turkish intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Would someone kindly take part in the discussion here regarding whether the existence of Turkish intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as a stand-alone article or its title are accurate or not. Regards. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 11:45, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Ridiculous title. FunkMonk (talk) 11:56, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Israel support Insurgents

Tons of sources confirmed that since 2013 http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/New-UN-report-reveals-collaboration-between-Israel-and-Syrian-rebels-383926 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/02/israel-syria-rebels-jihad-sunni-shiite-golan-heights.html http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2014/1207/UN-reports-Israeli-support-for-Syria-rebels — Preceding unsigned comment added by LogFTW (talk • contribs) 16:01, 27 February 2015 (UTC) http://www.businessinsider.com/its-not-too-late-to-empower-the-moderate-rebels-of-syria-2014-10 http://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-rebel-commander-says-he-collaborated-with-israel/ --LogFTW (talk) 16:04, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Yep. But no source will be good enough, as long as the Israelis don't confirm it themselves. That's the double standards of western media. Any half-baked rumour about Putin, Kim Jong Un or Assad are front page news, though. FunkMonk (talk) 16:45, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

The Jews killed severals Syrians troops and helping Al Qaeda take severals positions in south of Syria they shot down warplane too - Israel must be added in the Insurgent side --LogFTW (talk) 15:57, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

"The Jews" -- really? This kind of discourse has no place on Wikipedia, IMO. -Kudzu1 (talk) 00:03, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

That's right, but the point remains, Israel supports at least the Nusra Front. FunkMonk (talk) 00:51, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

"At least the Nusra Front". Not only is there no evidence for that, all available sources point to them cooridinating on an extremely limited basis with the moderate Free Syrian Army (medical aid, etc.). If you are just going to parrot POV garbage you should troll Twitter with Partisangirl, and not bother contributing to this subject on Wikipedia.Nulla Taciti (talk) 17:14, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Nice try, but empty barking doesn't change the facts. "Israel’s health ministry says around 1,000 Syrians have received treatment in Golan hospitals, but maintains that only civilians are treated. The UNDOF report, on the other hand, says they have seen Israelis treating civilians as well as insurgents, including members of al-Qaida and Islamic State." http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/New-UN-report-reveals-collaboration-between-Israel-and-Syrian-rebels-383926 FunkMonk (talk) 17:39, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Nice try, but rendering medical aid to individuals who's alleged militant affiliations are unknown by the people rendering aid proves nothing. Nulla Taciti (talk) 21:11, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Said like a true IDF spokesman. So how do you know the Israelis, who are monitoring their border and everything that happens across it, knew less about the affiliations of people that they LET IN and interact with on a daily basis, than UN people who only observed them doing it? But well, I should just stop myself here, Israel can do no wrong. Assad is to blame, and Israelis are just benevolent angels who treat every wounded Arab they come across, as long as they are not Gazan children. FunkMonk (talk) 05:57, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

From the horse's mouth: "“Those Sunni elements who control some two-thirds to 90% of the border on the Golan aren't attacking Israel. This gives you some basis to think that they understand who is their real enemy - maybe it isn’t Israel,” Yadlin is quoted by The Wall Street Journal as saying."[5] FunkMonk (talk) 10:11, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

I've seen claims that the differing directions of shadows in the commonly circulated pictures show that they were doctored, and that Iran is trying to promote the idea of Syrian non-gov forces being Israeli-backed. No idea how true. Banak (talk) 12:08, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

WSJ is a RS. Israel should be added as a supporter to Al Nusra Front in the infobox. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 01:12, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Er, shadows of what? Of the UN reports and Jerusalem Post articles? And former Israeli defence personnel quotes? I'm sure Iran forced them all. Please, let's keep this serious, and please read the comments. No one has posted photos or videos here. FunkMonk (talk) 10:10, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Here's an interesting article attributing the cause of the war to global warming-related drought

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/syria-s-civil-war-linked-partly-to-drought-global-warming-study-1.2260537 NorthernThunder (talk) 23:29, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Suggest semi-protection

I just fixed an incident of vandalism on this page, (see article history, approximately 5:50 PM PDT 3/15/15), so I would suggest some form of protection. As the subject of this article is deeply embedded in international politics and world religion, it will be a prime target for such defacing in the future.76.167.74.107 (talk) 00:52, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Map archive?

Is there something like an archive of all the maps that have been used here to illustrate the military situation? Would like to make an animation showing the military development from the start of the conflict.