Daily Newsletter – 08/01/2014

Syrian Coalition: Temporary Resignations are Attempts to Express Personal Views

Farouk Tayfur, vice president of the Syrian Coalition said that “the resignations of some Coalition members are temporary and an attempt to express their personal views towards the results of the presidential elections held by the General Assembly.  Tayfur added that “mass resignations are illegal, as the real resignations must be submitted individually and directly to the Coalition. Only five resignations can be considered legal.” Tayfur denied that the subject of participation in Geneva II was the reason for the…Read more

ACU: Polio Cases Up To 74
Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU) said in report that polio cases are up to 74 cases. Cases were recorded as: 55 in Deir Ezzor, 10 in Idlib, 5 in Aleppo, 2 in Hama, and one in each of Raqqa and Hasaka. ACU started a vaccination campaign in early 2013 for more than two million children in seven provinces, Deir Ezzor, Aleppo, Idlib, Hama, Raqqa, Al-Hasakah and Latakia. (Source: Syrian Coalition)

Dead Regime Soldiers Carried in Vegetable Pickups
While an Assad loyalist was driving his car in the city of Latakia, he saw a Suzuki pickup moving out of Latakia’s military hospital carrying the coffin of a dead regime soldier in the trunk decorated with the regime flag, while his mother was seated next to the driver. She was silent with tearing eyes when she realized that her son’s funeral was going unnoticed. The scene stunned the Assad loyalist, as this kind of vehicle is usually used to transport vegetables. The young man snapped this scene and posted the photo on his Facebook page so that his friends see the way Assad humiliates dead soldiers, who were killed defending Assad’s throne and not the Syrian people.The photo went viral on social networks, and even some people showed anger at officers in charge of the funeral process, while others wondered why there are still soldiers who fight for Assad. (Source: Syrian Coalition)

Death Toll: 39 People Killed Today, 94 Yesterday
The Local Coordination Committees documented 94 people killed yesterday, while 39 people were killed as of 6:00 pm of today, including 6 women and 7 children. Deaths were cited as: 18 in Aleppo, 10 in Dara’a, 7 in Idlib, and one in each of Damascus, Hama, Latakia and Raqqa. (Source: LCC)

300 Detainees Freed From a Hospital in Aleppo as ISIS Execute 50 Civilians
The FSA and the Mujahideen Army fighters stormed the Children’s Hospital in Kadi Askar neighborhood of Aleppo, which is houses a large ISIS headquarters in the city. The attacking fighters freed around 300 detainees from the hospital, who were detained by ISIS. 50 bodies of people slain by ISIS were found yesterday, including media activists, journalists, rebels and civilians. Assad’s air force launched barrel bombs attacks on Tal Rifat and Tal Afrin, killing 15 civilians and injuring dozens. Islamic Front fighters seized control of all checkpoints and entrances of al Bab city after violent clashes with regime-backed ISIS fighters. (Source: Syrian Coalition + LCC)

Regime Shelling Kills Four in Kaboun As Two Women Starve To Death in Yarmouk
Regime forces shelled Kaboun neighborhood in Damascus, killing four people and injuring dozens. Two women starved in the besieged neighborhood of Yarmouk. Shelling by regime airforces and artillery was reported on Dariya, Arbin, Khan al Shih, Zabadani, Douma and Drousha, alongside violent clashes between the Free Syrian Army and regime forces. (Source: Syrian Coalition + LCC)

Intense Shelling on Daraa and Jassim
Assad’s warplanes bombed Dara’a city and the towns of Inkhil, Hirak, Lajat, Sayda and Atman, killing four civilians and wounding dozens of others. A ground-to-ground rocket struck the town of Jassem, with reports of civilian casualties and material damage. In the meantime, violent clashes broke out between the Free Syrian Army and regime forces near Sheikh Misqin, with reports of regime losses. (Source: Syrian Coalition + LCC)

FSA attack regime positions at the entrance of Deir Ezzor
The Free Syrian army attacked regime forces stationed at two checkpoints at the southern entrance of Deir Ezzor. Regime forces shelled the FSA-held neighborhoods in the city, killing one person and injuring a number of civilians. The Free Syrian Army clashed with regime forces in the district of Jubailah. (Source: Syrian Coalition + LCC)

Two Die In a Car Bomb in Tal Abyad
A car bomb exploded in the town of Tal Abyad near the Turkish borders killing two people and wounding dozens. Violent clashes broke out between the Free Syrian Army and ISIS fighters in the town and in the city of Raqqa. (Source: Syrian Coalition + LCC)

Intense Shelling by Regime Forces on the Old City of Homs
Regime forces shelled the besieged Homs neighborhoods of Homs; alongside violent clashes between the FSA and regime forces in the Khalidiya neighborhood. Regime forces also shelled the towns of Rastan and Palmyra with heavy artillery, with reports of civilian casualties and material damage. (Source: Syrian Coalition + LCC)

FSA Fighters Free 15 Captured Fighters in Idlib
The Free Syrian Army freed 15 fighters who were captured by ISIS during clashes between the two sides in the town of Tal Minnis in Idlib province. Clashes also broke out between the two sides in the town of Dana, which is ISIS’s main stronghold in northern Syria. Two people were killed by barrel bomb attacks on the town of Salqin. Several mortar rounds landed on the neighborhood of Qusour in the city of Idlib, which resulted in the death of three civilians and wounding others, including women. (Source: Syrian Coalition + LCC)

• US: Iran is partner with Assad in massacring the Syrian people
• Ban Ki-moon hails transporting the first batch of chemical weapons
• Amnesty International condemns the confusion between political and humanitarian Asylum.
• The release of kidnapped Swedish journalists