Sunday, June 30, 2013

30/06/2013

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Report on the province of Aleppo and its surroundings 30/06/2013 [SYRIA]
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• Summary for 30/06/2013:

Number of arrests: 2
Number of martyrs: 13
Number of demonstrations: -
Peaceful revolutionary activities: -
Number of demonstrations that had fire opened onto: -
Number of cases of opening fire: 13
Number of shelled places: 20
Number of times that heavy army equipment was used: 1
Number of defections: -

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• Violations:

1) Injured and wounded:

*Jaloum: a number were injured after a shell fell on the neighbourhood at dawn.

*Ma’adee: a young man and a child were injured critically, the child in her head, due to the shelling from artillery 23, situated in Aleppo citadel.

*Heidariyeh: a number were injured due to the shelling near Heidariyeh roundabout in the evening.

*Masakin Hanano” 3 people were injured after an artillery shell fell in the evening.

*Aleppo countryside - Tel Hasel: civilians were injured, including a child, due to the violent shelling of the village. The source of the shelling comes from the defence factories in Jabal al-Waha, and the shelling was concentrated on the areas of Qabliyeh and the agricultural lands west of Tel Hasel.

2) Ansaree: fires spread in a house in the neighbourhood at Sandayanah road, after explosive gunfire was fired by Assad militia sniper in Itha’ah.

4) Zibdiyeh: a house was burnt near Jisr al-Qitar, thought to have been caused by explosive gunfire from snipers in Itha’ah.

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• Cases of gunfire:

1) Old Aleppo - the citadel: heavy and indiscriminate gunfire from Assad’s militia on the areas surrounding the citadel at dawn.

2) Ashrafiyeh: clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army and Assad’s militia near the civil defence building.

3) New Aleppo [Halab al-Jadida]: heavy gunfire from the military security soldiers in the neighbourhood, with no known reason.

4) Rashideen: clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army and Assad’s militia around the scientific research, which is situated between Rashideen and New Aleppo districts.

5) Saif al-Dowleh: violent clashes took place between revolutionaries from the Tawheed brigade and Assad’s militia:

6) Bustan al-Qasr: clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army and Assad’s militia at the Garage checkpoint crossing in the evening.

7) Itha’ah: clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army and Assad’s militia in the evening.

8) Karm al-Jabal” clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army and Assad’s militia in the evening.

9) Kindee hospital: clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army and Assad’s militia in the evening.

10) Salah al-Deen: sporadic clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army and Assad’s militia.

11) Aleppo countryside - Safira - Humaira: clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army and a convoy of Assad’s militia in the village in the afternoon.

12) Aleppo countryside - Dahret Kafr Hamra: violent clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army and Assad’s militia on the outskirts of the town.

13) Aleppo countryside - Ma’aret al-Arteeq: violent clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army and Assad’s militia in the evening.

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• Places that were shelled:

1) Tareeq al-Bab: an artillery shell fell at dawn.

2) The central prison: machine gun shelling from warplanes around the prison at dawn.

3) Kallaseh: a mortar shell fell at dawn.

4) Jaloum: a mortar shell fell at dawn.

5) The citadel: mortar shelling around the citadel at dawn.

6) Ashrafiyeh: artillery shelling in the evening.

7) Shaykh Maqsoud: artillery shelling in the evening.

8) Ma’adee: shelling from artillery 23 in the evening.

9) Heidariyeh: artillery shelling in the evening.

10) Leiramoun: mortar shelling in the evening.

11) Masakin Hanano: an artillery shell fell in the evening.

12) Karm al-Jabal: tank shelling in the morning.

13) Zahraa’: rockets were fired from Zahraa’ artillery on the liberated areas in the afternoon.

* Shelling in Aleppo countryside:

13) Azaaz: machine gun warplane shelling at dawn.

14) Deir Hafer: explosive TNT barrel shelling from warplanes and artillery shelling of the city at dawn.

15) Tel Rifa’t: machine gun and rocket shelling from warplanes at dawn.

16) Mayer: explosive TNT barrel shelling from warplanes and tank and mortar shelling of the village in the morning.

17) Aleppo countryside - Tel Hasel: artillery shelling in the afternoon.

18) Tal’aran: an artillery shell fell in the late afternoon.

19) Kuweirs airport: heavy machine gun shelling from warplanes around the airport in the evening.

20) Safira: artillery shelling in the evening.

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

1) Northern Aleppo countryside: helicopters flew overhead Nebbol in the morning.

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• Martyrs:

1) Fares Mustafa Uthman, from Karm al-Jabal, a member of the Free Syrian Army, was killed during clashes in the neighbourhood 21/06/2013. He was married with 3 children.

2) Abdul-Ghani Rajab Harb, from Karm al-Qaterjee, was killed under torture in the air intelligence services [mukhabaraat] in Damascus for trying to defect from the regime army.

3) An unidentified child from Karm al-Qaterjee was killed by the shelling of the neighbourhood yesterday. Her body was recovered from under the rubble today. She had been turned into body parts.

4) Ahmad al-Bakour, 35 years from Heidariyeh, was killed by the shelling.

5) An unidentified martyr from Heidariyeh was killed by the shelling.

6) Muhammad Saleem Attar from New Aleppo was sniped in Mushariqa neighbourhood.

7) Ajmad al-Omar al-Najoum, 45 years from Jabal Badour was killed from wounds he had sustained 26/06/2013 as a result of the shelling.

8) Sultan Ahmad Ulaywee, 24 years, a defected military, was killed after he was sniped in Bustan al-Basha neighbourhood.

9) Sayida Abeer Yousef al-Aswad, 30 years, from Aziziyeh in Safira, Aleppo countryside, was killed alongside her children as a result of the regime forces shelling the village 29/06/2013.

10) Child Muhammad Mahmoud al-Jum’ah, 7 years, from Aziziyeh in Safira, Aleppo countryside, son of Abeer, was killed as a result of the regime forces shelling the village 29/06/2013.

11) Abdul-Raouf Mahmoud al-Jum’ah, 5 months, from Aziziyeh in Safira, Aleppo countryside, son of Abeer, was killed as a result of the regime forces shelling the village 29/06/2013.

12) Abdullah Abdul-Naser Hamidee, from Mazra’et al-Ala in Ikhtarein, Aleppo countryside, member of the Free Syrian Army, was killed during clashes in division 17 in Raqqah.

13) Subhi Abdul-Lateef, from Al-Bab, Aleppo countryside, was killed by regime force’s fire.

* Martyrs from other provinces:

-Abu Awad al-Taybani, 39 years, from Taybet al-Imam, Hama, member of the FSA, was killed during clashes with regime forces in Aleppo.

-Muhammad Awad Dalee “Abu Tawfeeq”, from Taybet al-Imam, Hama, a defected lieutenant colonel, was killed under torture after he was arrested in an ambush in one of the battles in Aleppo.

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• Arrests:

1) Aleppo countryside - Ifreen - Burj Abdalo: 2 young men were arrested by what is known as the “People’s Protection Unit” (the YPG) from the village Burj Abdalo with the excuse that they have dealt with the Free Syrian Army.

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• Miscellaneous:

1) New Aleppo: thorough searches took place on cars at Shifa roundabout checkpoint and the Nafisa mosque checkpoint.

2) Hamdaniyeh: intensified security presence on the checkpoints situated in the neighbourhood. A passenger at the checkpoint at roundabout 3000 was brought down in the late afternoon.

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• Delayed news and videos:

1) Old Aleppo: clashes took place between the FSA and Assad’s militia around the citadel in the evening.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

05/06/2013 until 8pm

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Report on the province of Aleppo and its surroundings 05/06/2013 until 8pm [SYRIA]
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• Summary for 05/06/2013 until 8pm:

Number of arrests: 2
Number of martyrs: -
Number of demonstrations: 1
Peaceful revolutionary activities: 1
Number of demonstrations that had fire opened onto: -
Number of cases of opening fire: 9
Number of shelled places: 13
Number of times that heavy army equipment was used: 1
Number of defections: -

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• Violations:

1) Injured and wounded:

*Aleppo countryside - Kafr Basin: a number were wounded after the town was targeted by explosive TNT barrels from that were dropped by helicopters.

2) Aleppo countryside - Mayer: agricultural crops belonging to the civilians of Mayer were burnt by shabeeha [paid militia thugs] from the towns of Nabel and Zahraa’.

3) Aleppo countryside - Kafr Hamra: impact of the scud missiles:

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• Cases of gunfire:

1) Suleiman al-Halabi: clashes took place between the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Assad’s militia at dawn.

2) Itha’ah: sporadic clashes took place between the FSA and Assad’s militia on the neighbourhood front after midnight.

3) Bustan al-Qasr: passers-by were targeted by shabeeha sniper fire at the Garage crossing checkpoint. The shabeeha were stationed in the municipal palace and Musharaqa.

4) Old Aleppo - Bab Antakiya: clashes took place between the FSA and Assad’s militia in the late afternoon.

5) Arqoub: clashes took place between the FSA and Assad’s militia.

6) Halab al-Jadida [New Aleppo]: sounds of far-off clashes could be heard, coming from the areas of Rashideen and Leiramoun in the evening.

7) Aleppo countryside - Safira - Jibeen: clashes took place between the FSA and Assad’s militia at dawn.

8) Aleppo countryside - Manegh airport: clashes took place between the FSA and Assad’s militia at the military airport in the evening.

9) Aleppo countryside - Kafr Hamra: clashes took place between the FSA and Assad’s militia on the outskirts of the town in the evening.

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• Places that were shelled:

* Aleppo countryside:

1) Al-Bab: warplane shelling at dawn.

2) Tadef: warplane shelling at dawn.

3) Tel Rifa’t: heavy machine gun shelling from warplanes at dawn.

4) Batabo: warplane shelling in the afternoon.

5) Bab al-Hawa: warplane shelling on the road leading from Bab al-Hawa to Idlib in the afternoon.

6) Kafr Hamra: tank and mortar shelling in the afternoon, which was renewed in the evening.

7) Mansoura: tank and mortar shelling in the afternoon.

8) Khan al-Asal: tank and mortar shelling in the afternoon.

9) Babees: tank shelling of the village in the late afternoon.

10) Kafr Basseen: helicopter shelling in the late afternoon.

11) Qubtan al-Jabal: tank shelling in the late afternoon.

12) Kafr Da’el: artillery shelling in the evening.

13) Ma’aret al-Arteeq: artillery shelling in the evening.

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

1) New Aleppo: helicopters flew over the neighbourhood at low altitudes in the morning.

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• Arrests:

1) New Aleppo: 2 young men were arrested by regime forces at Sanem roundabout. They were taken away to an unknown location. It should be noted that these two young men were from Kafr Naseh village, which is part of Atareb.

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• Demonstrations:

1) Masakin Hanano: large demonstration with the participation of crowds of women from the neighbourhood. The demonstration condemned the massacres committed by Assad’s militia in Qusayr in Homs, and condemned the interference of Hezbollaat in Syria.

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• Peaceful revolutionary acts:

1) Ashrafiyeh - the youth hostel: a medical point was established in the neighbourhood to treat leishmania in the liberated areas of Ashrafiyeh, Shaykh Maqsoud and Bani Zaid, in addition to the youth residential area/youth hostel. It should be noted that the days for vaccinations are Sundays and Wednesdays, starting from 9am and lasting until 2pm.

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• Miscellaneous:

1) Aleppo countryside - Kafr Hamra: activists spoke of the continued search operation and recovery of bodies from under the rubble since the fall of a scud missile on 02/06/2013. A body was recovered today and there are reports that there are 26 people who are still underneath the rubble.

2) Aleppo countryside - Afreen: there is a bread crisis in the city, with queues reaching 3000 people in the only functioning bakery in the city (Joudy al-Siyahee).

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• Delayed news and videos:

1) Ashrafiyeh (youth hostel): impact of the shelling 04/06/2013

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