Daraya: Local Council of Daraya City
Media Centre – Daily Report
December 24, 2012
Headlines: Battles continue and the FSA stop Assad forces in their tracks; 42 days of shelling, siege and destruction; 8 martyrs and a number of civilian injuries; medical and humanitarian situation deteriorating
For the 38th day in a row, battles continued between the FSA and Assad forces who are planning to storm Daraya and wreak havoc in the city.
A military convoy including 9 tanks, 3 armoured vehicles and personnel carriers left Al-Mazzeh military airport towards Daraya Arch road. Another convoy coming from Daraa highway moved towards Almaamil Road. The two convoys were preceded by intense shelling using tanks and targeted artillery.
Fierce battles broke out between the FSA and regime forces along many fronts including the eastern, southern and western fronts.
The most atrocious battles were fought, for the 5th day in a row, along the eastern front starting from Abu Salah Square up to Old Corniche and the surrounding areas, as well as the Main Road and the Police Station.
Daraya Martyrs Battalion was able to repel the attacks showing great valour. Despite the great difference in power, the FSA destroyed two tanks and inflicted great losses on the Assad gangs.
Other battles broke out along the southern front and. The FSA forced the Assad gangs to retreat after suffering great losses.
Alongside the battles, artillery, tanks and land-to-land rocket launchers continued to shell the city’s neighbourhoods for a 42nd consecutive day with different levels of force. The shelling is part of Assad’s policy to destroy the revolting cities.
Daraya’s bloodbath has not stopped for the last 42 days. The average number of martyrs has been 5-8 per day.
8 people including a child were killed, bringing the total number of martyrs killed in the current campaign to 311.
***Today’s martyrs
1- Child martyr Anas Almishash
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190605771063935&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
2- Muhammad Qittillaban
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190606441063868&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
3- Louai Qassas
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190606721063840&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
4- Muhammad Matar
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190459731078539&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
5- Waleed Muhammad Mahomoud
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190423554415490&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
6- Mahmoud Kholani
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190460781078434&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
7- Abdussalam Hamdi
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190458834411962&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
8- Amer Khishini
*** Medical Situation
One and a half months of destruction and siege have passed. Daraya is still sacrificing one martyr after another, one injured after another. Today, the field hospital received 14 injured people including 2 children one of whom was in critical condition. They were given the necessary medical attention.
Four children were also given medical care. They suffered acute spasms of Asthmatic bronchitis caused by the explosions of bombs dropped on the city. One operation for humerus fixation, and another for femoral artery and femur fixation, were performed successfully in the field hospital.
*** Humanitarian situation
The humanitarian situation is increasingly getting worse for the people of Daraya, whether they are still inside or displaced outside the city.
The city is still isolated from the outside world due to power and communication cuts which have lasted for 46 days.
The need for heating fuel (a.k.a Mazot) has become all the more desperate with the advance of winter and falling temperatures.
Food and medical supplies are also in acute shortage amid shameful silence by human rights and relief organizations.
Assad gangs are located in these areas
• A number of soldiers including a sniper hiding inside Alibaa Alarabi School
• A number of soldiers including a sniper hiding inside homes around Alnakkashat area
• A number of soldiers including a sniper hiding inside homes near the Police Station
• A number of soldiers including a sniper hiding inside homes near the Graveyard square
• Along Sahnaya –Jedaideh Road which runs alongside Daraya
• Aldahadeel Road between Hammam Alqishani and Alsalam Mosque
• Around Alothman Mosque
• Around Wahab Mosque
• Snipers spread in the vicinity the above areas targeting any moving body.
Links to videos and photos that document part of the situation in Daraya today
- Important, a surface -to-surface missile hits civilian homes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_JF0-KpxRw
- Surface-to-surface missiles launched from Al-Mazzeh military airport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH6F9dseJm8
- Touching video, mother bidding her sun farewell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laR37xyzqg8
- Child Martyr Anas Faraj Almashash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEYGOEKitdQ
- Tragic medical situation: injured people are treated in the field hospital with no electricity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTxQq9tNFnc
- Field hospital, surgical operation for a man hit by a sniper in his thigh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60CPpbXRQQ0
- Martyr Waleed Mahmoud joins his martyr father and martyr brother
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaKZswQVvX0
Media Centre – Daily Report
December 24, 2012
Headlines: Battles continue and the FSA stop Assad forces in their tracks; 42 days of shelling, siege and destruction; 8 martyrs and a number of civilian injuries; medical and humanitarian situation deteriorating
For the 38th day in a row, battles continued between the FSA and Assad forces who are planning to storm Daraya and wreak havoc in the city.
A military convoy including 9 tanks, 3 armoured vehicles and personnel carriers left Al-Mazzeh military airport towards Daraya Arch road. Another convoy coming from Daraa highway moved towards Almaamil Road. The two convoys were preceded by intense shelling using tanks and targeted artillery.
Fierce battles broke out between the FSA and regime forces along many fronts including the eastern, southern and western fronts.
The most atrocious battles were fought, for the 5th day in a row, along the eastern front starting from Abu Salah Square up to Old Corniche and the surrounding areas, as well as the Main Road and the Police Station.
Daraya Martyrs Battalion was able to repel the attacks showing great valour. Despite the great difference in power, the FSA destroyed two tanks and inflicted great losses on the Assad gangs.
Other battles broke out along the southern front and. The FSA forced the Assad gangs to retreat after suffering great losses.
Alongside the battles, artillery, tanks and land-to-land rocket launchers continued to shell the city’s neighbourhoods for a 42nd consecutive day with different levels of force. The shelling is part of Assad’s policy to destroy the revolting cities.
Daraya’s bloodbath has not stopped for the last 42 days. The average number of martyrs has been 5-8 per day.
8 people including a child were killed, bringing the total number of martyrs killed in the current campaign to 311.
***Today’s martyrs
1- Child martyr Anas Almishash
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190605771063935&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
2- Muhammad Qittillaban
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190606441063868&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
3- Louai Qassas
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190606721063840&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
4- Muhammad Matar
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190459731078539&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
5- Waleed Muhammad Mahomoud
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190423554415490&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
6- Mahmoud Kholani
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190460781078434&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
7- Abdussalam Hamdi
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190458834411962&set=a.178694942255018.13781.178176988973480&type=1&relevant_count=1
8- Amer Khishini
*** Medical Situation
One and a half months of destruction and siege have passed. Daraya is still sacrificing one martyr after another, one injured after another. Today, the field hospital received 14 injured people including 2 children one of whom was in critical condition. They were given the necessary medical attention.
Four children were also given medical care. They suffered acute spasms of Asthmatic bronchitis caused by the explosions of bombs dropped on the city. One operation for humerus fixation, and another for femoral artery and femur fixation, were performed successfully in the field hospital.
*** Humanitarian situation
The humanitarian situation is increasingly getting worse for the people of Daraya, whether they are still inside or displaced outside the city.
The city is still isolated from the outside world due to power and communication cuts which have lasted for 46 days.
The need for heating fuel (a.k.a Mazot) has become all the more desperate with the advance of winter and falling temperatures.
Food and medical supplies are also in acute shortage amid shameful silence by human rights and relief organizations.
Assad gangs are located in these areas
• A number of soldiers including a sniper hiding inside Alibaa Alarabi School
• A number of soldiers including a sniper hiding inside homes around Alnakkashat area
• A number of soldiers including a sniper hiding inside homes near the Police Station
• A number of soldiers including a sniper hiding inside homes near the Graveyard square
• Along Sahnaya –Jedaideh Road which runs alongside Daraya
• Aldahadeel Road between Hammam Alqishani and Alsalam Mosque
• Around Alothman Mosque
• Around Wahab Mosque
• Snipers spread in the vicinity the above areas targeting any moving body.
Links to videos and photos that document part of the situation in Daraya today
- Important, a surface -to-surface missile hits civilian homes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_JF0-KpxRw
- Surface-to-surface missiles launched from Al-Mazzeh military airport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH6F9dseJm8
- Touching video, mother bidding her sun farewell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laR37xyzqg8
- Child Martyr Anas Faraj Almashash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEYGOEKitdQ
- Tragic medical situation: injured people are treated in the field hospital with no electricity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTxQq9tNFnc
- Field hospital, surgical operation for a man hit by a sniper in his thigh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60CPpbXRQQ0
- Martyr Waleed Mahmoud joins his martyr father and martyr brother
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaKZswQVvX0