Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Friday, May 17, 2013
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|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 16
Number of arrests: 0
Number of demonstration points: 20
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 6
Instance of gunfire: 29
Number of areas that were shelled: 11
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 10
Number of defections: 0
|| Martyrs ||
• Hamza Alloush / Hama: Khattab / FSA, killed in clashes with regime forces in Helfaya
• Abdulrahman Abdulmun'em al-Bakkour / Hama: Kazo / FSA, killed in clashes with regime forces in Helfaya
• Bashar Abduljabbar al-Khaled / age 28 / Hama: Atshan village / FSA, killed in clashes with regime forces in Helfaya
• Abdullah al-Hamwi / Hama: Tayebt al-Imam / FSA, killed in clashes with regime forces in Helfaya
• Saad al-Hamwi / Hama: Tayebt al-Imam / FSA, killed in clashes with regime forces in Helfaya
• Basel al-Hamwi / Hama: Tayebt al-Imam / FSA, killed in clashes with regime forces in Helfaya
• Eight unidentified corpses / Hama: al-Tlaiseyeh village / uncovered in a mass grave after the liberation of the village
https://youtu.be/Ndodb2oRAn4
• Mustafa al-Nadi / Hama: al-Tlaiseyeh village / uncovered in a mass grave after the liberation of the village
https://youtu.be/Ndodb2oRAn4
• Hasan Mohammad al-Nahleh al-Nahr / Hama: Helfaya / FSA killed in clashes
https://youtu.be/MDJhuAk32K4
|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
As is the case every Friday, regime forces were on high alert to quell protests. Tension in the city is high because of daily raids by regime forces and the presence of checkpoints throughout the city.
An intense explosion shook al-Qusour neighborhood this morning, and regime forces raided a number of houses in al-Tab Lane, Janoob al-Mal'aab. They also set a house next to the police station on fire.
Because of the security situation, the people of most neighborhoods could not hold protests. However, a demonstration was held in al-Faraya neighborhood.
¤ Hama Countryside:
A large explosion was heard from the direction of al-Qabban checkpoint, which lies between Tayebt al-Imam and M'aardes early this morning. Later, Al-Qabban checkpoint, closed the road and was opening fire at anyone who approached the area, after the explosion that rocked the checkpoint this morning. Initial reports say the explosion was the result of a car bomb that destroyed a large section of the checkpoint, and many people were rushed to the National Hospital. A tank and forces from the M'aardes granary set up a checkpoint on the M'aardes bridge.
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Rebel fighters regained control of al-She'teh village after previously retreating due to a shortage of ammunition. The regime army troops completely withdrew from the area, and rebel fighters captured a T62 tank, an armored vehicle, a 23 mm machine gun and some other ammunition and cars.
Also, al-Qahera village north of al-Tlaiseyeh was liberated.
Regime aircraft today launched multiple air strikes on liberated areas, such as Um Mail and Abu Hbailat villages and other areas in the east. Opposition fighters tried to thwart these attacks using 23 mm and 14.5 artillery.
Kafranbooda:
Kafranbooda was subject to heavy shelling from al-Hakoura checkpoint after Friday prayer.
Southern Hama Countryside:
Aqrab and Tallef were subject to heavy shelling from Qurmos, al-Hmairi and Jedreen after Friday prayer. About 8 thousand people from Aqrab had fled to Tallef.
Qal'at al-Madeeq:
A number of people fell wounded as a result of artillery shelling of Qal'at al-Madeeq from regime checkpoints in al-Sqailbeyeh
al-Ghab Plain:
Al-Hawweejeh village and al-Houteh farm were shelled with artillery from checkpoints to the west, and in the evening, the villages of al-Ghab Plain were shelled with rockets launched from the Tal Othman checkpoint.
Helfaya:
Intense aerial shelling of Helfaya was reported early this morning, as a Sukhoi fighter jet launched three air strikes against the city. Two more air strikes ere reported in the afternoon, and cluster and thermobaric bombs were dropped on the city in these attacks. The city was also shelled with artillery and burning missiles.
A convoy approached Helfaya from the southeast, attempting an invasion. Opposition fighters fought the regime forces off, killing a number of them. From the north west, another convoy approached and was repelled by opposition fighters and a BMP was destroyed. A T-62 tank was destroyed from the southwest. Clashes continue amid ongoing artillery shelling. Four rebel fighters were killed, including three from Tayebt al-Imam and one from Kazo neighborhood of Hama. Six others were wounded.
Kafarzeita:
Kafarzeita is without water and electricity for the fifth consecutive day, as the siege imposed by the regime continues. Clashes are taking place to the south and the west of the city.
|| Videos ||
¤ Hama Countryside:
First images of smoke rising from al-Qabban checkpoint
http://goo.gl/JoFP4
An attack by the Ahfad al-Rasool Brigades on the Deir Mharde military camp using Grad missiles
https://youtu.be/zD1ypOPj59o
A missile attack on the Dier Mharde checkpoint
https://youtu.be/6MxPUwHmrqU
Helfaya:
The Great Mosque was targeted by aerial shelling
https://youtu.be/DIouqBxHqL0
Fires that were ignited by inflammatory bombs
https://youtu.be/P5ZSF60XWD4
Massive destruction caused by explosive barrels
https://youtu.be/eCTXls-s8Ho
Intense aerial shelling of the city
https://youtu.be/PKf2nGwvQE0
Artillery and missile shelling of Helfaya has renewed amid clashes at the western and southern entrances to the city
https://youtu.be/j66i1BrEVIs
Eastern Hama Countryside:
One Body Battle:
Shelling of regime bases in al-She'teh village
https://youtu.be/zwqDAZoEaVY
Some of the booty captures in al-Tlaiseyeh village
https://youtu.be/4biOcxZIAHU
The call to prayer being made in al-Tlaiseyeh after liberation
https://youtu.be/X99Epwt92ys
Houses and schools were used as firing stations by regime forces in al-Tlaiseyeh
https://youtu.be/txa3xn4tcNc
A tank burns after being attacked by rebels
https://youtu.be/zvAr6rLLMLc
Rebels inside al-Tlaiseyeh
https://youtu.be/-fJi7sgyzIk
https://youtu.be/aC7jaYQPGyY
Rebel fighters stomp on pictures of Bashar al-Assad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJsMYNVEfQs
Some of the booty captured in battle
https://youtu.be/tq47tU_V_T4
Syrian Islamic Liberation Front: Islamic Farouq Battalions:
An informant form Abu Hanaya village who confessed to giving up rebel locations to regime forces
https://youtu.be/IG0BnVYEkbo
al-Tlaiseyeh:
A mass grave that was uncovered in the pro-regime village of al-Tlaiseyeh, after it was liberated by opposition fighters. At least one of the people buried in the grave has been identified, and he is Mustafa al-Nadi (Abu Omar).
https://youtu.be/Ndodb2oRAn4
al-Zlaqeyat:
Clashes between regime and opposition forces at al-Zlaqeyat checkpoint
https://youtu.be/e1n4yYuIFno
Shahshabo Mountain:
Destruction caused by the shelling of Shermaghar village on 16/5/13, during which a little girl was wounded
https://youtu.be/rAoMIS6lqsY
Aqrab:
Shelling of the road connecting Aqrab and al-Houleh
https://youtu.be/s3Dg6HgW-c0
https://youtu.be/32AJRZLAj78
https://youtu.be/4deXwkHOljk
A report on destruction to mosques in Hama's northwestern suburbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIxkFJiCDLg
|| Protests ||
¤ Hama City:
al-Faraya Neighborhood:
The demonstration in al-Shaikh Mohammad al-Hamed neighborhood today
https://youtu.be/u7Nsr7aTBjk
¤ Hama Countryside:
al-Latamne:
Today's demonstration after Friday prayer
https://youtu.be/jSu3mWqykok
Kafarzeita:
Despite the lack of power and water in Kafarzeita for five consecutive days, the people of the city held a demonstration in support of Helfaya
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=435960106499432&set=a.409936949101748.1073741828.409884619106981&type=1&theater
https://youtu.be/ypfZvzS48hM
https://youtu.be/yFA2lIuAAF4
Mourek:
A demonstration in support of Helfaya
https://youtu.be/QpMezcsvV68
https://youtu.be/xsAcU9cv4Hc
Salamieh:
A protest in the northern neighborhood of Salamieh this evening
https://youtu.be/JC1TE182WqQ
https://youtu.be/Ml9HREwS5Z4
https://youtu.be/dOfD3_Qq0vg
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|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 16
Number of arrests: 0
Number of demonstration points: 20
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 6
Instance of gunfire: 29
Number of areas that were shelled: 11
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 10
Number of defections: 0
|| Martyrs ||
• Hamza Alloush / Hama: Khattab / FSA, killed in clashes with regime forces in Helfaya
• Abdulrahman Abdulmun'em al-Bakkour / Hama: Kazo / FSA, killed in clashes with regime forces in Helfaya
• Bashar Abduljabbar al-Khaled / age 28 / Hama: Atshan village / FSA, killed in clashes with regime forces in Helfaya
• Abdullah al-Hamwi / Hama: Tayebt al-Imam / FSA, killed in clashes with regime forces in Helfaya
• Saad al-Hamwi / Hama: Tayebt al-Imam / FSA, killed in clashes with regime forces in Helfaya
• Basel al-Hamwi / Hama: Tayebt al-Imam / FSA, killed in clashes with regime forces in Helfaya
• Eight unidentified corpses / Hama: al-Tlaiseyeh village / uncovered in a mass grave after the liberation of the village
https://youtu.be/Ndodb2oRAn4
• Mustafa al-Nadi / Hama: al-Tlaiseyeh village / uncovered in a mass grave after the liberation of the village
https://youtu.be/Ndodb2oRAn4
• Hasan Mohammad al-Nahleh al-Nahr / Hama: Helfaya / FSA killed in clashes
https://youtu.be/MDJhuAk32K4
|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
As is the case every Friday, regime forces were on high alert to quell protests. Tension in the city is high because of daily raids by regime forces and the presence of checkpoints throughout the city.
An intense explosion shook al-Qusour neighborhood this morning, and regime forces raided a number of houses in al-Tab Lane, Janoob al-Mal'aab. They also set a house next to the police station on fire.
Because of the security situation, the people of most neighborhoods could not hold protests. However, a demonstration was held in al-Faraya neighborhood.
¤ Hama Countryside:
A large explosion was heard from the direction of al-Qabban checkpoint, which lies between Tayebt al-Imam and M'aardes early this morning. Later, Al-Qabban checkpoint, closed the road and was opening fire at anyone who approached the area, after the explosion that rocked the checkpoint this morning. Initial reports say the explosion was the result of a car bomb that destroyed a large section of the checkpoint, and many people were rushed to the National Hospital. A tank and forces from the M'aardes granary set up a checkpoint on the M'aardes bridge.
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Rebel fighters regained control of al-She'teh village after previously retreating due to a shortage of ammunition. The regime army troops completely withdrew from the area, and rebel fighters captured a T62 tank, an armored vehicle, a 23 mm machine gun and some other ammunition and cars.
Also, al-Qahera village north of al-Tlaiseyeh was liberated.
Regime aircraft today launched multiple air strikes on liberated areas, such as Um Mail and Abu Hbailat villages and other areas in the east. Opposition fighters tried to thwart these attacks using 23 mm and 14.5 artillery.
Kafranbooda:
Kafranbooda was subject to heavy shelling from al-Hakoura checkpoint after Friday prayer.
Southern Hama Countryside:
Aqrab and Tallef were subject to heavy shelling from Qurmos, al-Hmairi and Jedreen after Friday prayer. About 8 thousand people from Aqrab had fled to Tallef.
Qal'at al-Madeeq:
A number of people fell wounded as a result of artillery shelling of Qal'at al-Madeeq from regime checkpoints in al-Sqailbeyeh
al-Ghab Plain:
Al-Hawweejeh village and al-Houteh farm were shelled with artillery from checkpoints to the west, and in the evening, the villages of al-Ghab Plain were shelled with rockets launched from the Tal Othman checkpoint.
Helfaya:
Intense aerial shelling of Helfaya was reported early this morning, as a Sukhoi fighter jet launched three air strikes against the city. Two more air strikes ere reported in the afternoon, and cluster and thermobaric bombs were dropped on the city in these attacks. The city was also shelled with artillery and burning missiles.
A convoy approached Helfaya from the southeast, attempting an invasion. Opposition fighters fought the regime forces off, killing a number of them. From the north west, another convoy approached and was repelled by opposition fighters and a BMP was destroyed. A T-62 tank was destroyed from the southwest. Clashes continue amid ongoing artillery shelling. Four rebel fighters were killed, including three from Tayebt al-Imam and one from Kazo neighborhood of Hama. Six others were wounded.
Kafarzeita:
Kafarzeita is without water and electricity for the fifth consecutive day, as the siege imposed by the regime continues. Clashes are taking place to the south and the west of the city.
|| Videos ||
¤ Hama Countryside:
First images of smoke rising from al-Qabban checkpoint
http://goo.gl/JoFP4
An attack by the Ahfad al-Rasool Brigades on the Deir Mharde military camp using Grad missiles
https://youtu.be/zD1ypOPj59o
A missile attack on the Dier Mharde checkpoint
https://youtu.be/6MxPUwHmrqU
Helfaya:
The Great Mosque was targeted by aerial shelling
https://youtu.be/DIouqBxHqL0
Fires that were ignited by inflammatory bombs
https://youtu.be/P5ZSF60XWD4
Massive destruction caused by explosive barrels
https://youtu.be/eCTXls-s8Ho
Intense aerial shelling of the city
https://youtu.be/PKf2nGwvQE0
Artillery and missile shelling of Helfaya has renewed amid clashes at the western and southern entrances to the city
https://youtu.be/j66i1BrEVIs
Eastern Hama Countryside:
One Body Battle:
Shelling of regime bases in al-She'teh village
https://youtu.be/zwqDAZoEaVY
Some of the booty captures in al-Tlaiseyeh village
https://youtu.be/4biOcxZIAHU
The call to prayer being made in al-Tlaiseyeh after liberation
https://youtu.be/X99Epwt92ys
Houses and schools were used as firing stations by regime forces in al-Tlaiseyeh
https://youtu.be/txa3xn4tcNc
A tank burns after being attacked by rebels
https://youtu.be/zvAr6rLLMLc
Rebels inside al-Tlaiseyeh
https://youtu.be/-fJi7sgyzIk
https://youtu.be/aC7jaYQPGyY
Rebel fighters stomp on pictures of Bashar al-Assad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJsMYNVEfQs
Some of the booty captured in battle
https://youtu.be/tq47tU_V_T4
Syrian Islamic Liberation Front: Islamic Farouq Battalions:
An informant form Abu Hanaya village who confessed to giving up rebel locations to regime forces
https://youtu.be/IG0BnVYEkbo
al-Tlaiseyeh:
A mass grave that was uncovered in the pro-regime village of al-Tlaiseyeh, after it was liberated by opposition fighters. At least one of the people buried in the grave has been identified, and he is Mustafa al-Nadi (Abu Omar).
https://youtu.be/Ndodb2oRAn4
al-Zlaqeyat:
Clashes between regime and opposition forces at al-Zlaqeyat checkpoint
https://youtu.be/e1n4yYuIFno
Shahshabo Mountain:
Destruction caused by the shelling of Shermaghar village on 16/5/13, during which a little girl was wounded
https://youtu.be/rAoMIS6lqsY
Aqrab:
Shelling of the road connecting Aqrab and al-Houleh
https://youtu.be/s3Dg6HgW-c0
https://youtu.be/32AJRZLAj78
https://youtu.be/4deXwkHOljk
A report on destruction to mosques in Hama's northwestern suburbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIxkFJiCDLg
|| Protests ||
¤ Hama City:
al-Faraya Neighborhood:
The demonstration in al-Shaikh Mohammad al-Hamed neighborhood today
https://youtu.be/u7Nsr7aTBjk
¤ Hama Countryside:
al-Latamne:
Today's demonstration after Friday prayer
https://youtu.be/jSu3mWqykok
Kafarzeita:
Despite the lack of power and water in Kafarzeita for five consecutive days, the people of the city held a demonstration in support of Helfaya
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=435960106499432&set=a.409936949101748.1073741828.409884619106981&type=1&theater
https://youtu.be/ypfZvzS48hM
https://youtu.be/yFA2lIuAAF4
Mourek:
A demonstration in support of Helfaya
https://youtu.be/QpMezcsvV68
https://youtu.be/xsAcU9cv4Hc
Salamieh:
A protest in the northern neighborhood of Salamieh this evening
https://youtu.be/JC1TE182WqQ
https://youtu.be/Ml9HREwS5Z4
https://youtu.be/dOfD3_Qq0vg