Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Thursday, May 23, 2013
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|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 9
Number of arrests: 65
Number of demonstration points: 5
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1
Instance of gunfire: 31
Number of areas that were shelled: 6
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 5
Number of defections: 0

|| Martyrs ||
• Taghreed al-Shami (Hajak) / age 28 / Hama: Aqrab / killed by the heavy shelling of the town
https://youtu.be/ce4yoeDx2tY
• Mohammad Fatrawi / Hama: Jarjeeseh / killed by the shelling of the town last night
• Mohammad Khaled / age 13 / Hama: Jarjeeseh / killed by the shelling of the town last night
• Mahmoud Mohammad al-Qarmeh / Hama: al-Hamedeya / fatally shot by regime forces who raided the neighborhood and took his body
• Abu Kassar al-Hamwi / Hama / FSA from al-Hamzeh Battalion of al-Eman Brigade, killed in the One Body Battle
• Mahmoud Abu al-Hasanain / Hama / FSA from al-Hamzeh Battalion of al-Eman Brigade, killed in the One Body Battle
• Saleem al-Sakhnini / age 65 / Hama: Refugee Camp / succumbed to wounds sustained when a shell struck his house about a month ago
• Faheede Mohammad al-Shaiman / age 63 / Hama: Jeb Khsara / executed in yesterday's massacre
• Mohammad Theib al-Jahel al-Mer'ei / age 65 / Hama: Jeb Khsara / executed in yesterday's massacre
In addition to the following victims from yesterday's massacre in Jeb Khsara who were documented:
The number of martyrs of the Jeb Khsara massacre has risen to 20, including three people who were burned alive, including a martyr with Mongolian disease, a disabled man, and a young child whose mother forgot him at home and he died when the house was set on fire. Most of the victims were slaughtered with knives. Another 9 people are missing, and it is not known if they are dead or alive. Also, nine people were wounded.
Jub Khsara:
The victims of the Jub Khsara massacre are, in fact, 14, and not 12. They are:
1. Ali Mokhlef al-Mer'ei
2. Mohannad Mokhlef al-Mer'ei
3. Ali Mohammad al-Dreib
4. Farhan Ahmed Ramadan al-Jahel
5. Mehdi Ahmed Ramadan al-Jahel
6. Mohammad Ramadan al-Jahel
7. Daheyeh Mokhlef al-Ta'eemeh al-Jahel
8. Rayan Mokhlef al-Mer'ei al-Fahd
9. Faheedeh Mohammad al-Shaiman
10. Jasem Mohammad al-Khsara
11. Mohammad Met'eb al-Mer'ei
12. Mohammad Fahd al-Mer'ei
13. Ahmed Fahd al-Mer'ei
14. Da'eeneh Fahd al-Mer'ei
15. Maha Mohammad Ramadan al-Jahel
16. Za'aneef Jasem al-Khsara
17. Heyam Khaled al-Hasan
18. Hawash Fahd al-Mer'ei
19. Sefri Ahmed al-Jahel al-Mohammad
20. Mohammad Theib al-Jahel al-Mer'ei

|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
Daily raids of residential neighborhoods by regime forces continue. Checkpoints throughout the city stop and search passersby, as military aircraft hover overhead and shells are fired from the Hama Military Airport toward the city's suburbs.
Today, Assad regime forces raided al-Hamedeya neighborhood and raided houses across from Um al-Khair School. Shabiha deployed at al-Eskran Roundabout in Janoob al-Mal'aab, a sniper positioned at the checkpoint after a number of gunshots were heard.
Five explosions were heard in Tareeq Halab neighborhood, after which smoke filled the sky. In the industrial area, a number of freight pick-ups were stolen from the industrial roundabout this afternoon. The car owners were arrests by shabiha, who stole a number of items as well. They also looted many shops.
A number of people who were on board a Pullman bus from Tartous to Hama were kidnapped on Homs-Hama Road. The bus was stopped by three shabiha, who forced a number of passengers off and led them to an unknown location.
In the evening:
Regime forces fired at least three artillery shells from the Hama Military Airport toward the countryside.

¤ Hama Countryside:
Aqrab:
Warplanes launched two airstrikes on the outskirts of Aqrab. Later on, a number of shells fell on the town. One of them struck a shelter, leaving a number of people wounded.

Eastern Hama Countryside:
Three shells struck Um Khraizeh village fired from al-Sabboura today.
One Body Battle:
In response to massacres committed by shabiha from Sabboura, FSA forces targeted the village today with 10 Grad missile. Clashes broke out in the area surrounding the armored vehicle school from the direction of liberated Um Qalaq village amid shelling of the school. Also, regime forces at Brigade 66 shelled the surrounding area, and air strikes targeted liberated villages. Finally, the FSA gained control of al-Hamra area and al-Lala village and the Hareeq village barracks.

|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
Tareeq Halab Neighborhood:
A photo of smoke in the sky of Tareeq Halab neighborhood after multiple explosions rocked the area today
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=571072699582946&set=a.206733929350160.53522.206580762698810&type=1&theater

¤ Hama Countryside:
Kafranbooda:
Massive destruction in the town
https://youtu.be/-uOtuc8fggc
Houses impacted by shelling
https://youtu.be/Iz6PQP0jBLw
The aftermath of shelling in the town square and the Great Mosque square
https://youtu.be/-VkeMJF7y-k

Aqrab:
MiG shelling of the town
https://youtu.be/DNNNJYndF5k
People wounded by the heavy shelling of the town
http://on.fb.me/13KHv1k
http://on.fb.me/13KHz0X
A shell fell directly in front of the mosque
https://youtu.be/2Jlevge9xTo
Intense shelling of the town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwbblu34TRw
Crops ignited by the heavy shelling
https://youtu.be/9I-ZhphgoE8
Martyr Taghreed al-Shami, killed yb heavy shelling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnN4C3ASbbE
Intense clashes between regime and opposition forces
https://youtu.be/d9AYKSZQlAk

Eastern Hama Countryside:
Agricultural fields in the area surrounding al-Zoghba village were ignited by shelling from al-Kharsan checkpoint
https://youtu.be/o22lTspiHsQ
One Body Battle:
Repelling aerial attacks in al-Tlaiseyeh village
https://youtu.be/r9XO1yWLuVI
Ammunition warehouses in al-Hamra village on fire after being targeted by the FSA
https://youtu.be/zmXHNV4meR0
https://youtu.be/-hpxvR268hA
https://youtu.be/udgRYM8ugKM
https://youtu.be/CRx6oW9HJTQ

Tayebt al-Imam:
Some of the destruction caused by the regime's intense shelling of the city on 8/1/13
https://youtu.be/GK1IqxYPg0Q
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