Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 1
Number of arrests: 10
Number of demonstration points: 8
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1
Instance of gunfire: 28
Number of areas that were shelled: 6
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 6
Number of defections: 1

|| Martys ||
• Adnan Ahmed al-Hussain / Eastern Hama Countryside / martyred on Salamieh-Raqqa Road while fighting with the Ahfad al-Rasool Brigades

|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
As the regime and its shabiha celebrate Independence Day today, helicopters and warplanes were seen flying over the city at a low altitude starting in the early morning and continuing throughout the day.
A complete power outage was observed in the city for six hours.
This morning, six munitioned shabiha from al-Hezb al-Qadeem headed toward al-Marabet Street. Other shabiha were spotted at the Adi Gas Station. Forces at al-A'laf checkpoint were asking passersby for their ID cards and searching some cars. A number of prisoners were freed from the Hama Central Prison.
On a near daily basis, shabiha are erecting a checkpoint near the Industrial Roundabout to search people and steal their belongings.
In the evening:
Gunfire was heard from checkpoints in al-Qusour neighborhood and sounds of clashes and explosions were heard from the western part of the city. Anti-regime demonstrations were held in multiple neighborhoods as well.

¤ Hama Countryside:
Eastern Hama Countryside:
A group of opposition fighting groups attacked a military envoy on Salamieh-Raqqa Road that left Sabboura toward Khanaser. The results of the battle:
1. Two cars of shabiha were destroyed
2. A shabih named Naseef Salameh, the head of the Air Force Intelligence in Salamieh, was killed
3. The supply route to the besieged areas was closed off
4. Adnan Ahmed al-Hussain of Ahfad al-Rasool was killed
The villages of the eastern suburbs were bombarded by warplanes and with artillery shells. Eyewitnesses reported the presence of a rocket launcher in Ethreyeh village, northeast of Salamieh.

Khattab:
Shabiha from the pro-regime village of Arzeh and regime forces raided the agricultural fields southeast of Khattab. They reached the southern outskirts of Khattab but did not arrest anyone.

Qal'at al-Madeeq:
A large portion of al-Zahraa Mosque was destroyed as a result of the arbitrary shelling of the town. The area was shelled by regime forces at the Tal Burhan and al-Nahl checkpoints in al-Sqailbeyeh.

Kafarzeita:
Artillery shelling of the city from Deir Mharde was reported, and it led to the partial destruction of some houses.

|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
A soldier named Shuhoud Shawerdi defected from the 15th Armored Division
https://youtu.be/R8aDSq_hGA0
Regime forces arbitrarily open fire after Bashar al-Assad's speech
https://youtu.be/0sjeMADdsdo

al-Qusour:
Intense gunfire from checkpoints in the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/lfaH4zl_EME

¤ Hama Countryside:
Aqrab:
Heavy shelling of Aqrab from al-Hmairi checkpoint
https://youtu.be/IwLBCV6kcLI

Salamieh:
An interview with a People's Committee's Force who asked the FSA for protection
https://youtu.be/TyVWMNN006A

Qal'at al-Madeeq:
Destruction caused by the shelling of the city
Great Mosque from the outside
https://youtu.be/iRTLIq9LH6k
Great Mosque from the inside
https://youtu.be/yMhFuuAlZv8
Destroyed Qur'ans inside the mosque
https://youtu.be/vEUfnAu9s_c

al-Mugheer:
An attack on regime checkpoints in al-Mugheer town, a northern suburb of Hama, with Grad rockets
https://youtu.be/fq6QFdq4_cI

A special report on the conditions of FSA fighters on the battle front in Kafranbooda
https://youtu.be/nZNZkKGpog4

|| Demonstrations ||
¤ Hama City:
An anti-regime demonstration on Syria's Independence Day, with the determination to celebrate our real independence with the downfall of the regime
https://youtu.be/tquargueFig