Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Wednesday, May 01, 2013
|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 9
Number of arrests: 12
Number of demonstration points: 6
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1
Instance of gunfire: 31
Number of areas that were shelled: 9
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 9
Number of defections: 0
|| Martyrs ||
• Waleed Ahmed al-Mahmoud / Hama: Tlaihan Village / killed in clashes with regime forces in Qasr ibn Wardan village on 26/4/2013
https://youtu.be/a37a4lddXzQ
• Hassan Sarmini / Hama: al-Qusour / known as Abu Akram al-Hamwi, a rebel fighter killed in al-Tlaiseyeh village
https://youtu.be/1Jal6jduO08
• Amer Mohammad al-Shuhoud / Hama: Jisr Bait al-Ras / killed in clashes in the "One Body" battle
• Mustafa Ahmed al-Shuhoud / Hama: Jisr Bait al-Ras / killed in clashes in the "One Body" battle
• Ayman al-Karam / Hama: Tareeq Halab / shot by a regime sniper
• Ghassan Abdulrazaq Obaidi (al-Assi) / Hama: Soran / defected First Lt. killed in clashes in al-Tlaiseyeh in Hama's eastern suburbs
http://goo.gl/8aOTM
• Abdulsalam Hwais / age 28 / Hama: Bsaireen / summarily executed by bullet to the head
• Zaki Abdullah / Hama: Kernaz / shot by a sniper at the Mugheer checkpoint, he was in his 30s and was married with children
• Mohammad Mazeed al-Barazi / Hama / Abu Saddam, rebel fighter killed in clashes in al-Van al-Shamali village in Hama's eastern suburbs
|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
For the seventh consecutive day, Tareeq Halab is being heavily shelled with artillery. A number of houses have been burnt and destroyed, and a number of people either killed or injured. Security forces stormed the neighborhood today, and raided and searched houses in the area behind the fire station, the post office and Mashaa' Wadi al-Jouz. They stormed Mustafa Jaber Mosque and yanked out its doors. Regime forces searched houses across from Fatima al-Zahraa Mosque from the north, and an explosion near the mosque reportedly shook the neighborhood and was followed by intermittent gunfire. A BMP and a number of armored vehicles entered Tareeq Halab front he direction of al-Ammouri Hospital amid heavy gunfire and intense artillery shelling targeting Zaid ibn Thabet Mosque and houses in the surrounding area with T72 tank shells. Another explosion took place behind Saleh Qanbaz School. Regime forces raided the Palestinian Camp amid heavy gunfire, and a shell struck a building near the stadium, killing and injuring a number of people. The neighborhood was shelled from the Hama Citadel and al-Bernawi Terrace, and houses were directly targeted. FSA forces withdrew from the neighborhood to protect its residents. Aboutt 25 people have been killed in Tareeq Halab since 25/4/2013, among them women and children. Most are civilians, but some of them are FSA. Tens of wounded people are in need of medical assistance as well. Regime forces are broke into houses and looted them, and snipers were positioned on rooftops.
The sniper on the roof of the Faseka building in al-Arb'een neighborhood was indiscriminately shooting, and targeted an elderly man who sustained a leg injury.
Al-Qusour neighborhood was surrounded by regime forces for the sixth day, and all entrances and exits were closed off. Security forces were deployed on al-Tharwa Garden Street and patrol vehicles roamed around the streets. A number of bakeries have been closed because they have not received flour in a number of days.
Two young men and two elderly men were arrested in al-Manakh neighborhood, and were taken to the Medical Compound, which has become a military base.
Buses coming into the city were stopped at the Industrial Roundabout checkpoint, and a number of people are arrested. It is important to note that most passengers are students.
Because of the high tension in the city as a result of shelling, most shop owners have closed shop.
In the evening:
Large explosions were heard throughout the city and shelling of Tareeq Halab from the Hama Citadel was renewed.
¤ Hama Countryside:
Eastern Hama Countryside:
In the morning, intense clashes broke out between regime and opposition forces at the Tal Othman, al-Baneh, Braideej, Tal al-Hamameyat, Tal Melh and al-Jalameh checkpoints. Regime fighter jets launched two air strikes on the area, dropping cluster and phosphoric bombs on Tayebt al-Esm and Khafseen.
Southern Hama Countryside:
One Body Battle:
FSA forces attacked the Zour al-Sous battalion with mortar shells, Shilka and B9 artillery. Smoke fills the sky, and a Shilka vehicle was destroyed.
Bsaireen:
Assad regime forces and shabiha raided the village, and arrested four members of one family, and summarily executed a fifth.
Detainees are:
Mahmoud Hwais
Ibrahim Hwais (his brother)
Yaser Hwais (nephew)
Alaa Mahmoud Hwais
Abdulsalam Hwais was executed and his body was taken
Northern Hama Countryside:
One Body Battle:
The al-Jalameh checkpoint was completely destroyed, after a BMP and a T72 tank and another vehicle with shabiha were destroyed as they were coming from Tal Melh. Seven homemade missiles were launched onto the Tal al-Hamameyat checkpoint, and a shabiha caravan was destroyed.
More than 300 artillery shells were dropped onto Kafranbooda and al-Mugheer. Also, an artillery shell struck M'aarkabeh village, which lies north of Tayebt al-Imam, and a number of people were wounded
Kafarzeita:
In the early hours of the morning, checkpoints surrounding Kafarzeita bombarded the city with artillery shells. The northern neighborhood, known as Tal al-Sayyad, was shelled with rockets.
|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
Tareeq Halab Neighborhood:
23 mm Shilka, tanks and snipers on al-Bernawi Hill near the Governor's Palace
https://youtu.be/cikO48n91IE
The moment in which a shell fell on the Tareeq Halab/Palestinian Camp area
https://youtu.be/nJnHa782oWo
Sounds of gunfire and shelling
https://youtu.be/vz76MbOvBX4
Shelling from the terrace overlooking the neighborhood onto the houses of civilians
https://youtu.be/NZY4xB1TVzI
Smoke in the sky as a result of shelling
https://youtu.be/n55zB_kwx-o
Heavy artillery shelling of residential buildings resulted in massive destruction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paCfeaoNALA
A helicopter flying over the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/YCOF5zIF0bw
One of the BMP tanks that stormed the neighborhood today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyt9EZykXCE
Artillery shelling of the neighborhood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIpr9pA1bqU
M'areen Mountain:
Communications towers at the 47th Brigade, in an area that is officially off limited
https://youtu.be/cna38flBIvI
Military Airport:
Rocket launcher shelling from the Hama Military Airport toward the suburbs of the city
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcePI_m1TvU
¤ Hama Countryside:
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Destruction at the Qasr Shawi School
https://youtu.be/cgaFTTRJGp0
One Body Battle:
Attack on shabiha in al-Mugheer using Grad missiles
https://youtu.be/nnm4AHqqsgw
Gvozdika shelling of regime bases in Tal Othman
https://youtu.be/kFC3JmToaws
An attack on Tal Othman by the FSA
https://youtu.be/WSNXHPnXnRk
Intense clashes broke out at all checkpoints in the area near al-Mugheer
https://youtu.be/djpngjXeg6c
al-Nasr Brigade, al-Muntaser Billah Brigade, and Ahrar al-Sham attacking Tal Othman with Gvozdika
https://youtu.be/kFC3JmToaws
al-Nasr Brigade, al-Muntaser Billah Brigade, and Ahrar al-Sham attacking Mugheer with Grad Missiles
https://youtu.be/nnm4AHqqsgw
FSA attack on al-Mugheer with a T72 tank
https://youtu.be/SclpqqtWncw
FSA attack on al-Mugheer with 120 mm mortar
https://youtu.be/fXNHsdggMrs
Mortar shelling of al-Mugheer checkpoint
https://youtu.be/fXNHsdggMrs
Rocket launcher attack on the Braideej checkpoint
https://youtu.be/ZIWFpqUBaPc
al-Ghab Plain:
MiG shelling of the towns and villages of al-Ghab Plain
https://youtu.be/rIkk0Yg6G8Y
https://youtu.be/oggH6g0wIXg
https://youtu.be/-E5XTw1TtWg
al-Hawwash:
Destruction in the aftermath of shelling
https://youtu.be/9c47lJyyqbA
https://youtu.be/S_Y0m2gePK4
Salamieh:
The formation of the Shabab Salamieh Battalion, to protect the people, sanctities and the area
https://youtu.be/EMpEek1EDoQ
Kafarzeita:
Missile shelling of al-Sayyad village
https://youtu.be/SjZFmsnMe4Q
Kafranbooda:
Smoke fills the sky in the aftermath of MiG shelling
https://youtu.be/MmQ6JshlPz4
|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 9
Number of arrests: 12
Number of demonstration points: 6
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1
Instance of gunfire: 31
Number of areas that were shelled: 9
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 9
Number of defections: 0
|| Martyrs ||
• Waleed Ahmed al-Mahmoud / Hama: Tlaihan Village / killed in clashes with regime forces in Qasr ibn Wardan village on 26/4/2013
https://youtu.be/a37a4lddXzQ
• Hassan Sarmini / Hama: al-Qusour / known as Abu Akram al-Hamwi, a rebel fighter killed in al-Tlaiseyeh village
https://youtu.be/1Jal6jduO08
• Amer Mohammad al-Shuhoud / Hama: Jisr Bait al-Ras / killed in clashes in the "One Body" battle
• Mustafa Ahmed al-Shuhoud / Hama: Jisr Bait al-Ras / killed in clashes in the "One Body" battle
• Ayman al-Karam / Hama: Tareeq Halab / shot by a regime sniper
• Ghassan Abdulrazaq Obaidi (al-Assi) / Hama: Soran / defected First Lt. killed in clashes in al-Tlaiseyeh in Hama's eastern suburbs
http://goo.gl/8aOTM
• Abdulsalam Hwais / age 28 / Hama: Bsaireen / summarily executed by bullet to the head
• Zaki Abdullah / Hama: Kernaz / shot by a sniper at the Mugheer checkpoint, he was in his 30s and was married with children
• Mohammad Mazeed al-Barazi / Hama / Abu Saddam, rebel fighter killed in clashes in al-Van al-Shamali village in Hama's eastern suburbs
|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
For the seventh consecutive day, Tareeq Halab is being heavily shelled with artillery. A number of houses have been burnt and destroyed, and a number of people either killed or injured. Security forces stormed the neighborhood today, and raided and searched houses in the area behind the fire station, the post office and Mashaa' Wadi al-Jouz. They stormed Mustafa Jaber Mosque and yanked out its doors. Regime forces searched houses across from Fatima al-Zahraa Mosque from the north, and an explosion near the mosque reportedly shook the neighborhood and was followed by intermittent gunfire. A BMP and a number of armored vehicles entered Tareeq Halab front he direction of al-Ammouri Hospital amid heavy gunfire and intense artillery shelling targeting Zaid ibn Thabet Mosque and houses in the surrounding area with T72 tank shells. Another explosion took place behind Saleh Qanbaz School. Regime forces raided the Palestinian Camp amid heavy gunfire, and a shell struck a building near the stadium, killing and injuring a number of people. The neighborhood was shelled from the Hama Citadel and al-Bernawi Terrace, and houses were directly targeted. FSA forces withdrew from the neighborhood to protect its residents. Aboutt 25 people have been killed in Tareeq Halab since 25/4/2013, among them women and children. Most are civilians, but some of them are FSA. Tens of wounded people are in need of medical assistance as well. Regime forces are broke into houses and looted them, and snipers were positioned on rooftops.
The sniper on the roof of the Faseka building in al-Arb'een neighborhood was indiscriminately shooting, and targeted an elderly man who sustained a leg injury.
Al-Qusour neighborhood was surrounded by regime forces for the sixth day, and all entrances and exits were closed off. Security forces were deployed on al-Tharwa Garden Street and patrol vehicles roamed around the streets. A number of bakeries have been closed because they have not received flour in a number of days.
Two young men and two elderly men were arrested in al-Manakh neighborhood, and were taken to the Medical Compound, which has become a military base.
Buses coming into the city were stopped at the Industrial Roundabout checkpoint, and a number of people are arrested. It is important to note that most passengers are students.
Because of the high tension in the city as a result of shelling, most shop owners have closed shop.
In the evening:
Large explosions were heard throughout the city and shelling of Tareeq Halab from the Hama Citadel was renewed.
¤ Hama Countryside:
Eastern Hama Countryside:
In the morning, intense clashes broke out between regime and opposition forces at the Tal Othman, al-Baneh, Braideej, Tal al-Hamameyat, Tal Melh and al-Jalameh checkpoints. Regime fighter jets launched two air strikes on the area, dropping cluster and phosphoric bombs on Tayebt al-Esm and Khafseen.
Southern Hama Countryside:
One Body Battle:
FSA forces attacked the Zour al-Sous battalion with mortar shells, Shilka and B9 artillery. Smoke fills the sky, and a Shilka vehicle was destroyed.
Bsaireen:
Assad regime forces and shabiha raided the village, and arrested four members of one family, and summarily executed a fifth.
Detainees are:
Mahmoud Hwais
Ibrahim Hwais (his brother)
Yaser Hwais (nephew)
Alaa Mahmoud Hwais
Abdulsalam Hwais was executed and his body was taken
Northern Hama Countryside:
One Body Battle:
The al-Jalameh checkpoint was completely destroyed, after a BMP and a T72 tank and another vehicle with shabiha were destroyed as they were coming from Tal Melh. Seven homemade missiles were launched onto the Tal al-Hamameyat checkpoint, and a shabiha caravan was destroyed.
More than 300 artillery shells were dropped onto Kafranbooda and al-Mugheer. Also, an artillery shell struck M'aarkabeh village, which lies north of Tayebt al-Imam, and a number of people were wounded
Kafarzeita:
In the early hours of the morning, checkpoints surrounding Kafarzeita bombarded the city with artillery shells. The northern neighborhood, known as Tal al-Sayyad, was shelled with rockets.
|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
Tareeq Halab Neighborhood:
23 mm Shilka, tanks and snipers on al-Bernawi Hill near the Governor's Palace
https://youtu.be/cikO48n91IE
The moment in which a shell fell on the Tareeq Halab/Palestinian Camp area
https://youtu.be/nJnHa782oWo
Sounds of gunfire and shelling
https://youtu.be/vz76MbOvBX4
Shelling from the terrace overlooking the neighborhood onto the houses of civilians
https://youtu.be/NZY4xB1TVzI
Smoke in the sky as a result of shelling
https://youtu.be/n55zB_kwx-o
Heavy artillery shelling of residential buildings resulted in massive destruction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paCfeaoNALA
A helicopter flying over the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/YCOF5zIF0bw
One of the BMP tanks that stormed the neighborhood today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyt9EZykXCE
Artillery shelling of the neighborhood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIpr9pA1bqU
M'areen Mountain:
Communications towers at the 47th Brigade, in an area that is officially off limited
https://youtu.be/cna38flBIvI
Military Airport:
Rocket launcher shelling from the Hama Military Airport toward the suburbs of the city
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcePI_m1TvU
¤ Hama Countryside:
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Destruction at the Qasr Shawi School
https://youtu.be/cgaFTTRJGp0
One Body Battle:
Attack on shabiha in al-Mugheer using Grad missiles
https://youtu.be/nnm4AHqqsgw
Gvozdika shelling of regime bases in Tal Othman
https://youtu.be/kFC3JmToaws
An attack on Tal Othman by the FSA
https://youtu.be/WSNXHPnXnRk
Intense clashes broke out at all checkpoints in the area near al-Mugheer
https://youtu.be/djpngjXeg6c
al-Nasr Brigade, al-Muntaser Billah Brigade, and Ahrar al-Sham attacking Tal Othman with Gvozdika
https://youtu.be/kFC3JmToaws
al-Nasr Brigade, al-Muntaser Billah Brigade, and Ahrar al-Sham attacking Mugheer with Grad Missiles
https://youtu.be/nnm4AHqqsgw
FSA attack on al-Mugheer with a T72 tank
https://youtu.be/SclpqqtWncw
FSA attack on al-Mugheer with 120 mm mortar
https://youtu.be/fXNHsdggMrs
Mortar shelling of al-Mugheer checkpoint
https://youtu.be/fXNHsdggMrs
Rocket launcher attack on the Braideej checkpoint
https://youtu.be/ZIWFpqUBaPc
al-Ghab Plain:
MiG shelling of the towns and villages of al-Ghab Plain
https://youtu.be/rIkk0Yg6G8Y
https://youtu.be/oggH6g0wIXg
https://youtu.be/-E5XTw1TtWg
al-Hawwash:
Destruction in the aftermath of shelling
https://youtu.be/9c47lJyyqbA
https://youtu.be/S_Y0m2gePK4
Salamieh:
The formation of the Shabab Salamieh Battalion, to protect the people, sanctities and the area
https://youtu.be/EMpEek1EDoQ
Kafarzeita:
Missile shelling of al-Sayyad village
https://youtu.be/SjZFmsnMe4Q
Kafranbooda:
Smoke fills the sky in the aftermath of MiG shelling
https://youtu.be/MmQ6JshlPz4