16/12/2012 up until 8pm

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Report on the province of Aleppo and its surroundings 16/12/2012 up until 8pm [SYRIA]
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• Summary for 16/12/2012 up until 8pm:

Number of arrests: -
Number of martyrs: 46
Number of demonstrations: 1
Peaceful revolutionary activities: -
Number of demonstrations that had fire opened onto: -
Number of cases of opening fire: 3
Number of shelled places: 15
Number of times that heavy army equipment was used: 6
Number of defections: -

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• Violations:

1) Injured and wounded:

*Hellok: casualties due to the artillery shelling.

*Rural Aleppo - Hayyan: dozens were injured as a result of the TNT barrel shelling from warplanes.

*Rural Aleppo - Safira: casualties due to the warplane shelling:
http://youtu.be/iXHT07jD3to
http://youtu.be/3F-J0LJHgzE
http://youtu.be/8kf986Is4LE
-A number were critically injured and reached Al Bab city:
http://youtu.be/-FyMfcpzrP4
-An injured child from Safira talks about how he was injured by the aerial shelling:
http://youtu.be/6rK8WNTCOSc

*Rural Aleppo - Qubtan Al Jabal: several were injured by the warplane shelling, including children:
http://youtu.be/A2oYmWAadwQ
http://youtu.be/ZXyEek3MXII

2) Al Leiramoun: Assad’s militia’s indiscriminate shelling lead to the destruction of 2 factories. There was an outbreak of fire in the neighbourhood, and activists have pointed out the number of factories destroyed has reached around 40.

3) Rural Aleppo - Manegh: phosphorus bombs were dropped around Manegh military airport.

4) Rural Aleppo - Azaaz: cluster bombs were dropped in the afternoon. Scud missiles were used during the shelling in the evening, affecting the area around Na’es station and the field hospital, which presently contains several doctors and casualties.

5) Rural Aleppo - Hayyan: the district has been completely destroyed due to the TNT barrel shelling from warplanes.
-The extent of the destruction due to the shelling:
http://youtu.be/wVKLNk4lCs4
-Impact of the warplane shelling, and recovering civilians from under the rubble:
http://youtu.be/N67Pwgw-Pn8

6) Rural Aleppo - Azaaz: impact of the warplane shelling:
http://youtu.be/fC5YE-ovne4
http://youtu.be/fguN-iy7IvI
http://youtu.be/eh2-RhhpxlA
http://youtu.be/CwaoidZFNiU
-Footage shows the devastation caused by the shelling and a child survivor no older than 1 year:
http://youtu.be/NxQu8OfwPRI

7) Rural Aleppo - Qubtan Al Jabal: the warplane shelling lead to the complete destruction of the neighbourhood:
http://youtu.be/pvx_I8xCZwQ
http://youtu.be/jKOtDzCi4-o
-Impact of the destruction of Umaree mosque:
http://youtu.be/BNxLEbZqVQQ

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• Cases of gunfire:

1) Zahraa’: violent clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Assad’s militia at the air intelligence [mukhabaraat] branch:
http://youtu.be/GMRMTj2ou6o

2) Jdaideh: violent clashes took place between the FSA and Assad’s militia.

3) Rural Aleppo - Manegh airport: very violent explosions took place around Manegh airport in the afternoon.

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• Places that were shelled:

1) Hellok: artillery shelling in the late afternoon.

2) Bustan Al Basha: violent warplane shelling in the evening.

3) Al Leiramoun: shelling of the district.

4) Jdaideh: tank shelling of the district.

5) Sakhour: artillery shelling in the evening.

* Shelling of rural Aleppo:

6) Atareb: bombs were dropped from warplanes at dawn that gave off strange smells. Activists indicate the possibility that they could be poisonous.

7) Safira: warplane shelling in the afternoon.

8) Hayyan: TNT barrel shelling from warplanes in the afternoon.

9) Azaaz: warplane shelling, where cluster bombs were dropped on the city in the afternoon. The shelling and violent air raids from the warplanes were renewed in the evening. There are reports that scud missiles were used.

10) Manegh: warplane shelling around Manegh military airport, with the use of phosphorous bombs.

11) Muslamiya: rocket shelling from warplanes targeted the school of infantry:
http://youtu.be/IzzKUAL0gyU

12) Shawari’a: warplane shelling of the village surrounding Manegh military airport.
-Smoke billowing:
http://youtu.be/DdL6bVsmpp0

13) Al Malakiya: warplane shelling of the village surrounding Manegh military airport.
-Smoke billowing:
http://youtu.be/DdL6bVsmpp0

14) Tel Rifa’t: rocket shelling from warplanes in the evening.

15) Qubtan Al Jabal: violent warplane and rocket shelling of the town:
http://youtu.be/Pph3SA6PhfY

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• Number of times that heavy army equipment was seen (tanks, armoured vehicles, jets):

1) Rural Aleppo - Al Atareb: warplanes flew overhead at dawn.

2) Rural Aleppo - Azaaz: many warplanes flew overhead and dropped thermal balloons [flares].

3) Rural Aleppo - Tel Rif’at: many warplanes flew overhead and dropped thermal balloons [flares].

4) Rural Aleppo: many warplanes flew overhead the northern countryside in the late afternoon.

5) Rural Aleppo - Kafar Hamra: warplanes flew overhead:
http://youtu.be/PQHcpAUnexo

6) Rural Aleppo - Manegh: warplanes flew overhead Manegh military airport:
http://youtu.be/OfzLUWuEBG0

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• Martyrs:

1) Heidariyeh: Ahmad Saleh Ibrahim, who had a twin daughter and son, was killed as a result of the shelling.

2) Al Leiramoun: a child of 7 years was killed by the TNT barrel shelling of Hayyan, the neighbourhood to where she had fled:
http://youtu.be/JhMM2Cd7nbQ

3) Hellok: Abdul Kareem Gharawi Bin Ahmad, 43 years, was killed as a result of the shelling of a civilian car at Bustan Al Ruz junction.

4) Hellok: Mustafa Abdo Al Omar, 39 years, was killed as a result of the shelling of a civilian car at Bustan Al Ruz junction.
-Video of the massacre:
http://youtu.be/Fm0fiEGqAyg
http://youtu.be/POjf52RIhQo

5-9) Aleppo: 5 unidentified martyrs from one family were killed as a result of the TNT barrel shelling of Hayyan, the neighbourhood to where they had fled.

10) Rural Aleppo - Safira: Saleh Al Nayef Al Matir, 45 years, was killed as a result of the aerial shelling.

11) Rural Aleppo - Safira: female Halima Al Tawil, 30 years, was killed as a result of the aerial shelling.

12) Rural Aleppo - Safira: Uthman Ramadan Al Sa’eed, 30 years, was killed as a result of the aerial shelling.

13) Rural Aleppo - Safira: Fadeel Ramadan Al Sa’eed died in Kals hospital from wounds he had sustained from the aerial shelling.

14) Rural Aleppo - Safira: child Ghazaleh Ali Al Muhammad, 5 years, was killed by the aerial shelling.

15) Rural Aleppo - Safira: Ahmad Al Amaya, 31 years, was killed by the aerial shelling.

16) Rural Aleppo - Safira: female Duha Abu Khat, 17 years, was killed by the aerial shelling.

17) Rural Aleppo - Safira: child Hassan Al Jaboulee, 12 years, was killed by the aerial shelling.

18) Rural Aleppo - Safira: child Zakariya Bin Nouree Al Abrash, 10 years, was killed by the aerial shelling.

19) Rural Aleppo - Safira: child Zakour Ibn Nouree Al Abrash, 11 years, was killed by the aerial shelling.

20) Rural Aleppo - Safira: child Bilal Al Abrash, 3 years, was killed by the aerial shelling.

21) Rural Aleppo - Safira: child Huda Al Abrash was killed by the aerial shelling.

22) Rural Aleppo - Safira: child Haya Al Abrash died in Kals hospital from wounds she had sustained from the aerial shelling.

23) Rural Aleppo - Safira: female Rajiha Al Khaleef, 40 years, was killed by the aerial shelling.

24) Rural Aleppo - Safira: Saleh Bin Hamoud Al Hijazee was killed by the aerial shelling.

25) Rural Aleppo - Safira: female Maryam Bin Uthman, 25 years, was killed by the aerial shelling.

26-28) Rural Aleppo - Safira: 3 child martyrs, children of Uthman Kharma, were killed by the aerial shelling.

29) Rural Aleppo - Safira: Isma’eel Al Hamoud Bin Ali was killed by the aerial shelling.

30) Rural Aleppo - Safira: Isma’eel Al Alu Ibn Mahmoud was killed by the aerial shelling.

31) Rural Aleppo - Safira: Ahmad Bin Ali Al Hajo was killed by the aerial shelling.

32) Rural Aleppo - Safira: female Rubou’a (wife of Mahmoud Al Jum’ah Al Amaya) was killed by the aerial shelling.

33) Rural Aleppo - Safira: child Taher Al Abrash, 3 years, was killed by the aerial shelling.

34) Rural Aleppo - Safira: an unidentified female martyr, wife of Abdul Qader Al Abrash, was killed by the aerial shelling.

35) Rural Aleppo - Safira: an unidentified female martyr, wife of Mahmoud Al Rabee’, was killed by the aerial shelling.

36) Rural Aleppo - Safira: an unidentified female martyr, wife of Muhammad Al Kareem Al Rabee’, was killed by the aerial shelling.

37) Rural Aleppo - Safira: Ali Mamdou’ Al Eisa died in Kals hospital from wounds he had sustained from the aerial shelling.

38) Rural Aleppo - Safira: Faysal Sa’eed Ramadan died in Kals hospital from wounds he had sustained from the aerial shelling.

39) Rural Aleppo - Hayyan: As’ad Ali Al Bayj, a father of 9 children, was killed by the TNT barrel shelling.

40) Rural Aleppo - Hayyan: female Halima Salmo Sarab was killed by the TNT barrel shelling.

41) Rural Aleppo - Hayyan: an unidentified child martyr was killed by the TNT barrel shelling:
http://youtu.be/JhMM2Cd7nbQ
-Video of the massacre in Hayyan:
http://youtu.be/aHGOYwi5Kec

42) Rural Aleppo - Azaaz: Ahmad Hakim was killed in the battle to liberate Manegh military airport.

43) Rural Aleppo - Azaaz: Ali Hallaq was killed in the battle to liberate Manegh military airport.

44) Rural Aleppo - Azaaz: Mus’ab Hanthal was killed in the battle to liberate Manegh military airport.

45) Rural Aleppo - Azaaz: Muhammad Barimo was killed in the battle to liberate Manegh military airport.

46) Rural Aleppo - Azaaz: Muhammad Ghaleb Danoun was killed in the battle to liberate Manegh military airport.

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• Demonstrations:

1) Rural Aleppo - Tel Rif’at: funeral prayers for martyr Muhammad Ali Rajaleh from Harasta in Damascus. He was martyred in the battle at the school of infantry:
http://youtu.be/s5xQ6aF4y1k

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• Miscellaneous:

1) Rural Aleppo: activists point out that the national hospital in Al Bab city is in urgent need of empty blood bags at the soonest possible time, to allow blood donations for the wounded coming from Safira city.

2) Rural Aleppo - Hayyan: a civilian speaker for the National Coalition speaks from the place of the massacre:
http://youtu.be/Pr7k5B2DP8k
-Smoke billowing from the town:
http://youtu.be/VttVXK1VprA

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• Delayed news and videos:

1) Mayassar: 15/12/2012-
-The sufferance at the field hospital:
http://youtu.be/o8_6xxshhik
-Civilians burned by the shelling:
http://youtu.be/sjR6ZZdB-zA

2) Sakhour: civilians suffering in the district and the lack of means for heating 15/12/2012:
http://youtu.be/tCnupirUrLE

3) Khan Touman: ammunition depots exploded 15/12/2012:
http://youtu.be/rTAihKOD8Yw
http://youtu.be/uFKUNLlbMiM

4) Aleppo: the suffering of prisoners who were freed from the Infantry Academy 15/12/2012:
http://youtu.be/7lumzXFcbKI

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