SRGC | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Saturday, April 6, 2013

|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 20
Number of arrests: 9
Number of demonstration points: 5
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 0
Instance of gunfire: 19
Number of areas that were shelled: 9
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 13
Number of defections: 0

|| Martyrs ||
• Ahmed Abdulqader al-Ferdawi / age 78 / Hama: Tareeq Halab / fatally shot by regime forces
https://youtu.be/nvXI1nhpgnE
• A woman whose name has not yet arrived / Hama: Jibreen / fatally shot by a sniper after approaching the MiG that was downed in the farm of Col. Kama in Tal Jibreen
• A martyr whose name has not yet arrived / Hama: Jibreen / fatally shot by a sniper after approaching the MiG that was downed in the farm of Col. Kama in Tal Jibreen
• Four children whose names have not yet arrived / Hama: Jibreen / fatally shot by a sniper after approaching the MiG that was downed in the farm of Col. Kama in Tal Jibreen
• Mohammad Haidar / age 18 / Hama: Tareeq Halab / fatally shot by regime forces
• Three men whose names have not yet arrived / Hama / their car was run over by a tank on Homs-Hama Road
• A man from the Basheer family / his car was run over by a tank on Homs-Hama Road
• Omar Ghazi Diab / age 10 / Hama: Khnaizeer / killed by the shelling of Ma'aret Hurma, Idlib, where he had fled with his family
https://youtu.be/uhiMDMXxKRk
• Kassar Abu Hadi / Hama: al-Sawa'eq / wounded by shrapnel from the warplane that was downed near the neighborhood
• Nemr Awad al-Awad / Hama: al-Sawa'eq / wounded by shrapnel from the warplane that was downed near the neighborhood
• Awad Nemr al-Awad / Hama: al-Sawa'eq / wounded by shrapnel from the warplane that was downed near the neighborhood
• Two others from the al-Awad family whose names we have not yet received / Hama: al-Sawa'eq / wounded by shrapnel from the warplane that was downed near the neighborhood
• Abdullah Aj'ouj / age 6 / Hama: Tareeq Halab / fatally shot by regime forces while riding in the car with his father
• Jamal Qurtubani / age 60 / Hama: Mashaa' Wadi al-Jouz / fatally shot by regime forces in Tareeq Halab

|| اSituation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
This morning, FSA soldiers in Hama city brought down a fighter jet near Mashaa' al-Arb'een. The pilots parachuted to the ground as smoke filled the sky. Regime forces raided al-Hsaineyat and al-Tawheed areas and began searching the houses of civilians.
In Janoob al-Mal'aab neighborhood, five cars of security forces and shabiha were seen roaming around. A mortar shell struck a house in al-Sawa'eq neighborhood as well. Two people in al-Amereyeh neighborhood sustained wounds after being shot at by regime forces at the medical compound.
Most shops in al-Souq area were closed and residents returned home after hearing sounds of intense gunfire from the citadel and al-Dabagha. Traffic was light and all roads leading to al-Hader were closed off.
In the afternoon, two cars belonging to regime forces passed through Janoob al-Thakaneh neighborhood near al-Sahn Mosque. They beat a number of men for no reason, but did not arrest anyone.
In the evening:
Intense explosions were heard in most neighborhoods of Hama amid gunfire from checkpoints in the city.

Tareeq Halab Neighborhood:
At around 10 a.m., regime army forces set up a checkpoint in the middle of Tareeq Halab neighborhood, at the fire station. Less than an hour later, FSA soldiers moved toward the checkpoint, hoping to liberate it before it became permanent. Forces at the checkpoint arbitrarily opened fire as soon as the FSA attacked, killing three people, including a child and an elderly man, and leaving three women and four others wounded, one critically so. When the FSA got close to liberating the checkpoint, other checkpoints in Tareeq Halab fired ten mortar shells and many BMP shells. The FSA was able to damage a BMP and killed many forces at the checkpoint. As the clashes continued, a three-story building in the middle of the neighborhood was set on fire and destroyed. A tank at al-Badr Hospital began shooting at al-Tawheed Lane, which lies behind the hospital. One of the shells struck the dental medicine center. Helicopters have been continuously flying overhead. As the clashes continued, an additional four people were wounded, one of them critically so. A nail bomb was dropped on Tareeq Halab by regime forces. Another man was later shot and killed by regime forces.
Shabiha and regime forces gathered in Tareeq Halab after reinforcing the civil defense and fire station checkpoints. They scaled the rooftops of buildings in the area and continued to arbitrarily fire their guns. It is confirmed that there are shabiha on the southern side of the fire station, overlooking Tareeq Halab from the west and north.

al-Sawa'eq Neighborhood:
An MiG warplane was downed in the northern part of al-Sawa'eq neighborhood this afternoon. Five residents of the neighborhood died after being wounded by shrapnel from the aircraft. Regime forces stormed the neighborhood with many tanks and armored vehicles, and set up checkpoints on al-Sawa'eq-al-Hashmeyeh Road in the northern part of the neighborhood. One of the pilots of the aircraft went missing, while the other escaped to the military base in Zain al-Abdeen Mountain. The checkpoints are still present, and the neighborhood has been fully surrounded as the regime searches for the missing pilot.

Free Syrian Army:
Al-Ehsan Battalion and the Hama Fighting Group attacked the checkpoint a the Hama citadel and deployed in surrounding neighborhoods to ease the pressure on besieged fighters in Tareeq Halab.
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One of the battalions of al-Majd Brigade and other fighters in Tareeq Halab area warded off an attempt by shabiha to raid the area. They damaged a BMP tank in Tareeq Halab al-Qadeem. These clashes broke out after members of the brigade targeted the pilots who parachuted to the ground after their aircraft was downed. One of the pilots was wounded in Mashaa' al-Arb'een. The opposition fighters also targeted a bus of shabiha on the road connecting the Villat and Kazo Roundabouts.
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There are confirmed reports that Pilot Lt. Col. Aasef Sulaiman was killed after his warplane was downed today and he parachuted to the ground. He was from Joufeen village in Qadmos.

¤ Hama Countryside :
Eastern Hama Countryside:
According to the media office in Salamieh city:
Activists have reported heavy and noticeable movement by regime forces on the road between Salamieh and Barri village. Many warplanes were flying overhead at a low altitude toward liberated areas.
Reports say that one of the aircraft was downed, but we have not been able to fully verify the news.
We have received confirmed reports that there is a small detention center run by Jaber Sulaiman in Western Barri village. He works at the national security branch.
Traffic is very light due to the restrictions imposed by the regime on the areas.
Reports that opposition fighters have surrounded the artillery battalion in Barri have been refuted by activists.

Free Syrian Army:
The Farouq Battalions shot at an MiG fighter jet at the Um Mail battle front in Hama's eastern suburbs. The jet fell in Hama's northern suburbs.

Khattab:
This morning, regime forces raided the town and burnt a clinic belonging to Dr. Mehdi al-Tawashi. A man named Mohammad Khafeef was arrested, and a number of houses were destroyed. Regime forces also destroyed a bridge over the Orontes River and headed toward al-Zuwwar area.

Southern Hama Countryside:
At around 1 p.m., the body of a bearded man was found near Tal Afyoun close to Kafarbo. He had been stripped of his clothing and his hands had been tied up.

|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
An MiG warplane exploded today after being targeted by the FSA while in flight near Zain al-Abdeen Mountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqWcfkhpc-0&feature=youtu.be

Tareeq Halab Neighborhood:
Sounds of gunfire and clashes in Tareeq Halab neighborhood
https://youtu.be/4qxskc5cCg0
https://youtu.be/Xji08y4kawo
Clashes in Tareeq Halab
https://youtu.be/RoOmSUYNOJs
https://youtu.be/Xji08y4kawo
https://youtu.be/4qxskc5cCg0
https://youtu.be/t__yg1Siabc
A helicopter flying over the neighborhood amid intense shelling
https://youtu.be/YOGDtoWrFi0
Destruction caused by the regime's arbitrary shelling of Tareeq Halab today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YZH6RP4Nrs
Some of the people wounded by the arbitrary shelling of Tareeq Halab this afternoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQmFCYh51Fs
A clip that shows a tank shelling Tareeq Halab neighborhood
https://youtu.be/74gRaSdbiwQ
The al-Muhajreen Battalion entered the fire station after forcing security forces and shabiha out
https://youtu.be/p6QcIZdqugM

al-Shair Village:
The moment in which an artillery shell fell on al-Shair neighborhood
https://youtu.be/RoOmSUYNOJs

¤ Hama Countryside:
al-Ghab Plain:
Destruction caused by the shelling of Jisr Bait al-Ras village
https://youtu.be/whqMXGUAlPo
The Free Syrian Army targeted the missile base in Shatha with a Grad missile
https://youtu.be/95DyA_GS52k
al-Hawwash Village:
Destruction caused by the intense shelling of the village last night.
https://youtu.be/Qaf19YKbNYw