Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Monday, May 13, 2013
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|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 6
Number of arrests: 15
Number of demonstration points: 5
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1
Instance of gunfire: 28
Number of areas that were shelled: 9
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 7
Number of defections: 0

|| Martyrs ||
• Omar Obaid Hamash / Hama / student in the College of Sciences / FSA killed in clashes with regime forces in Hama's Eastern Suburbs - One Body Battle
• Asaad Ali al-Hussain (al-Salem) / Hama / FSA killed in the Helfaya battle
• Osama Hasan al-Hamadi / age 21 / Hama: Kafarzeita / rebel fighter killed in the Helfaya battle
http://on.fb.me/17Xvo5p
https://youtu.be/W9r_RnVR4vc
https://youtu.be/zzzKOXWznsw
• Qassem Rezq / Hama / shelling of Douma, Damascus Suburbs
https://youtu.be/qAc_YbzwUrg
http://on.fb.me/17XsWvu
• Fadi Khalil / Hama: al-Jarajmeh Neighborhood / arrested by shabiha more than a month ago, his body was found on Masyaf Road today
• Tameem Samer Sarhan / age 22 / Hama: Bab al-Jesr / FSA killed in clashes in the suburbs of Damascus

Also, a massacre committed against a family of women and children on 3/5/2013 has been documented
An entire family from Shaihet Awad was killed by regime forces. They were working in their farm in Dhairej village, near al-Qusair, Homs, and they were tortured and their bodies were mutilated
Names of the martyrs:
• Tareq Ahmed al-Ne'meh / age 3 / Hama: al-Sheiha / martyred with his family while working on a farm in Dhairej village near al-Qusair, Homs
• Mustafa Melhem al-Ne'meh / age 69 / Hama: al-Sheiha / martyred with his family while working on a farm in Dhairej village near al-Qusair, Homs
• Haleemah Mohammad Ismail al-Melhem / age 55 / Hama: al-Sheiha / martyred with her family while working on a farm in Dhairej village near al-Qusair, Homs
• Bara'a Mehdi Ismail al-Melhem / age 25 / Hama: al-Sheiha / martyred with her family while working on a farm in Dhairej village near al-Qusair, Homs
• Sabah Mohammad Khair al-Melhem / age 20 / Hama: al-Sheiha / martyred with her family while working on a farm in Dhairej village near al-Qusair, Homs
• Yamen Ahmed al-Ne'meh / age 4 / Hama: al-Sheiha / martyred with his family while working on a farm in Dhairej village near al-Qusair, Homs

|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
Early today, regime forces deployed in Ibn al-Rushd Street and searched a number of shops and people's cell phones. They arrested at least one person. Another person was arrested from his place of work in al-Qusour neighborhood. This morning, security forces raided al-Faraya neighborhood, and searched a number of buildings, and arrested several people. In Tareeq Halab, regime forces deployed near Mustafa Ashour School and Freedom Bridge. They closed off the rest of the main and service roads in the neighborhood, leaving Tareeq Halab al-Jadeed and al-Qadeem cut off from the rest of the city. Five armored vehicles and two Toyota pick-ups raided al-Eleileyat neighborhood.
At 10 a.m., security forces raided Janoob al-Mal'aab neighborhood and attempted to plant an explosive device next to Mahmoud Othman Agha Mosque. The device went off prematurely, leaving a number of soldiers wounded. They closed off the street and an ambulance came and carried away the wounded to the National Hospital.
Security forces raided al-Arb'een, al-Fayhaa and al-Jub at around 11 a.m. today. They searched a number of houses in al-Fayhaa and al-Arb'een, and attacked residents in al-Fayhaa. They forces them to dig holes in public parks, supposedly looking for hidden weapons. They raided and looted a deserted house. Houses in al-Jub neighborhood were also searched, including a house next to the house where a massacre took place in the past. A number of people were arrested and humiliated, including:
Khaled Nouri al-Masri, age 20
Yusuf, age 23
The others were not identified by name, as the shabiha covered their faces
In the evening:
A child sustained an injury as a result of sniper gunfire from al-Sharqeyeh Tower.

al-Souq Area:
Shabiha and regime forces from the Baath Party HQ building, dressed in plainclothes and military fatigues, raided Ibn al-Rushd Street, al-Taweel Market, al-Mugheela Street and adjacent streets this afternoon. They raided a number of shops and arrested nearly 15 people, beat them, and then let some of them go after paying 25,000 SYP. They had with them lists with names of people they were searching form. Also, security forces planted an explosive device on Ibn al-Rushd Street across from Sara Hotel, and set it off. Forces from al-Hezb al-Qadeem arrested a number of residents.

¤ Hama Countryside:
Helfaya:
Starting this morning, regime forces at all checkpoints surrounding Helfaya began bombarding the city with rockets and artillery shells, as clashes between regime and opposition forces took place at the southern outskirts. FSA forces warded off the attack by regime forces from the south, and destroyed a BMP and a T-72 tank.

Tayebt al-Imam:
Assad regime forces were widely deployed on Hama-Aleppo Road, and a temporary checkpoint was erected on the M'aardes Bridge. Al-Zour area, west of Tayebt al-Imam was subject to heavy artillery shelling from the Shaher Gas Station.

al-Hendawi Village:
Al-Hendawi village, which lies southeast of Salamieh city, was targeted with a number of artillery shells.

al-Zakaa Village:
Assad regime forces in Deir Mharde bombarded al-Zakaa village with artillery shells.

Eastern Hama Countryside:
Many warplanes were flying over Hama's eastern suburbs since the early morning until this evening.
One Body Battle:
FSA forces in al-Qahera village, near al-Tlaiseyeh, attacked a T-72 tank with a Concourse missile and completely destroyed it.

Soran:
Shelling of Helfaya and al-Zour area from al-Makateb checkpoint continued throughout the day.

Souha Village:
Souha was struck with three missiles from Eastern Barri

|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
A helicopter in flight over the city this morning
https://youtu.be/V53mhUT5vo0

¤ Hama Countryside :
Helfaya:
People wounded by the aerial shelling of the city
https://youtu.be/PMgAE1g-QDA
The minaret of the Helfaya Mosque was shelled today, and fires erupted in a number of areas as a result of shelling
https://youtu.be/6wF8Gvl8bCQ

al-Hardaneh Village:
FSA forces have taken control of al-Hardaneh village, after the Farouq Battalions of the Syrian Islamic Liberation Front launched an artillery attack on Eastern Barri, to open the road to the village.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS7nOkYv68Q&feature=youtu.be

Eastern Hama Countryside:
A T-72 tank that was destroyed by a Concourse missile in the One Body battle
https://youtu.be/nTkR2fuzPMU

Kafarzeita:
Funeral for martyr Osama Hasan Hamadi al-Aa'raj
https://youtu.be/zzzKOXWznsw