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Death Toll: 26 killed today, 58 yesterday
Local Coordination Committees in Syria documented 58 martyrs killed yesterday, while 26 people were documented as of 6:00pm, including 2women, a child and 2martyrs killed under torture. Martyrs were cited as: 15 in Damascus, 4 in Dara’a, 3 in Idlib, 2 in Homs and 1 in each of Aleppo and Hama. (Source: Local Coordination Committees)
Random shells on central Damascus, Air raids on Al Ghouta
Random mortar rounds landed today in several neighborhoods of central Damascus, including Bab Touma, Qassaa’, Qusor, Tijara, Baghdad St and Amara with reports of casualties and material damage. Meanwhile, violent clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army and regime forces in Jobar district alongside artillery shelling by the latter in an attempt to break into the district. In addition, Assad warplanes launched air strikes on Barzeh and Douma alongside mortar and rocket shelling, which caused civilian casulaties and destroyed a number of homes. (Source: Syrian Coalition + Local Coordination Committees)
FSA blow up a regime headquarter near Damascus
The Free Syrian Army blew up the Administration of Military Vehicles building in Harasta near Damascus today, killing a large number of regime forces and wounding others. This stronghold is considered one of the main strategic centers that the regime depend on while trying to besiege the surrounding areas. It’s also a major bastion that the regime use for supplying his troops. The building is also a command and control center for the arms depots that contain reserve tanks near Assin airbase and maintaince centers inside the district of Harasta. The city was in the vanguard of the rebellious districts near Damascus.(Source: Syrian Coalition)
Clashes on the outskirts of Damascus
The Free Syrian Army clashed with regime forces on the outskirts of the city of al Qiswa in rural Damascus alongside artillery shelling on the city. In addition, FSA destroyed a BMP vehicle in Brigade “75” stationed between the cities of Qiswa and Muqelbiya in rural Damscus. Almqilbah the countryside of Damascus. Meanwhile, clashes were reported near Danon and Al Manasher checkpoints in al Muqelbiya, alongside intense shelling on the residential neighborhoods. Also, civilians were injured by air raids on the city of Qara, which caused many civilians to flee the city. (Source: Syrian Coalition + Local Coordination Committees)
Regime’s artillery kill 4 in Dara’a camp
Four people were killed and dozens injured when regime forces shelled with heavy artillery today Dara’a camp. Also, warplanes launched several air raids on the outskirts of the towns of Um Almiazn, Inkhil and Atman which casued a number of civilian casualties and material damage. Furthermore, violent clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army and regime forces on the outskirts of the city of Bosra Sham in rural Dara’a, with reports of five FSA deaths and heavy regime losses. (Source: Syrian Coalition + Local Coordination Committees)
Ongoing siege on towns near Homs
Regime forces stationed in Mallok bastion attacked with tanks and heavy machine guns the towns of al Rastan and al-Hula, with reports of heavy civilan casualties. The Assad regime has laid a year-old siege on the towns of Talbeesa and al-Hula and has been blocking the access of food and medicine to the civilians trapped inside these two towns. Meanwhile, civilian casualties were reported in the towns of Rasm al Ward, Qaser ibn Wardan, al Jarthniya and Aqirbat in eastern rural Hama as a result of air raids by Assad warplanes. (Source: Syrian Coalition + Local Coordination Committees)
Clashes near Ma’arrat Numan, air raids on Jisr al Shoghour
Free Syrian Army clashed with Assad forces near Wadi al Daif, one of the regimes’s strongholds in rural Idlib, alongside air raids on the area. Clashes also took place in the village of Haj Hammoud after regime forces shot a 14-year-old farmer. Meanwhile, regime forces shelled with rocket launchers and heavy artillery the town of Ariha and Marshamsha, which caused civilian casualties, some of them in serious condition. (Source: Syrian Coalition + Local Coordination Committees)
FSA down a jet fighter in Nairab Airbase
Free Syrian Army shot down with 23mm ant-aircraft machine guns a MiG jet fighter in Nairab airbase near Aleppo. The FSA also repelled regime forces who were trying to break into the neighborhood of Iza’a in Aleppo. In addition, civilian casualties were reported after warplanes launched air raids on the outskirts of the village of Sheikh Ali in al Atareb. In the meantime, regime forces artillery shelled the town of Kafr Hamra, wounding a number of civilians and destroying of a number of buildings. (Source: Syrian Coalition + Local Coordination Committees)
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European Union “Understands” Albania’s Decision re Syria’s CW
The European Commission’s spokesman Michael Mann said that the EU ‘understands’ Albania’s decision not to allow the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons on its territory. He pointed out that at the same time, “EU will continue to support the mission of the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and international partners in efforts to destroy Syria’s stockpiles of chemical weapons. The OPCW had adopted a detailed plan to eliminate Syria’s stockpiles of chemical weapons by the middle of next year. Bashar Assad had earlier given up his chemical weapons, which he has long been considered his military honor, to avoid an international military strike that was likely to target the regime’s military sites in response to the use of chemical weapons against the civilian population in Eastern and Western Ghouta near Damascus.(Source: Syrian Coalition)
France Releases Frozen Syrian Assets to Solve Food Crisis in Syria
The Director General of the General Establishment for Foreign Trade told Reuters that frozen Syrian assets abroad are gradually being released in order to buy food. The European Union, the United States, and other Western countries had imposed sanctions on Bashar Assad’s government after its brutal crackdown on protests by the Syrian people inside the country; but those sanctions do not include food supplies. The director of the institution told Reuters over the phone: “The Union of Arab and French Banks and (UBAF) in France have agreed to release funds for purchases of food.” He added that “The UBAF in France was very cooperative.” France agreed in September to use the assets of frozen Syrian bank accounts to finance imports of food to Syria in the framework of the European Union’s program that allows the use of such funds for humanitarian purposes. (Source: Reuters)
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The Syrian Coalition said in a statement released today that the “military escalation carried out by the Assad regime and his allies is aimed at hindering any peace conference meant to find a political solution that will put an end to the suffering of the Syrian people.” The Syrian Coalition also called on the international community not to ignore the fact that the regime is reluctant to engage in a political solution to the Syrian crisis. Furthermore, the Syrian Coalition described the so-called victories claimed by the Assad regime as “a series of lies and propaganda which is meant to boost the collapsed morale of his troops and Hezbollah’s and al Maliki’s militias.” The Coalition also stressed that “the FSA made advances in many areas, despite being…Read more
