Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Friday of Ghouta and Qusair; Willpower that cannot be Broken | Complete Daily Report | June 7, 2013
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|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 11
Number of arrests: 13
Number of demonstration points: 7
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1
Instance of gunfire: 30
Number of areas that were shelled: 9
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 7
Number of defections: 0

|| Martyrs ||
• Qassem Mohammad Idris / age 32 / Hama: Soran / killed under torture after three months of detainment
• Fayez Yusuf / Hama: FSA, succumbed to an injury by a tank shell during battle in Kafarhamra, Aleppo
• Abdullateef Futouhi / Hama: Tareeq Halab / killed under torture after being arrested by security forces a week ago, his family paid the ransom, after which he was killed
• Abduljawad Jad Horan / age 20 / Hama: Qastoun / FSA killed in a motorcycle accident, as he was forced to drive without lights at night to avoid being targeted by regime forces
• Suhail al-Yusuf / Hama: Kafranbooda / arbitrary shelling of Maghar al-Hanateh village, where he had fled with his family
• Ikhlas Dibbees / Hama: Kafranbooda / arbitrary shelling of Maghar al-Hanateh village, where she had fled with her family
• Fatima Suhail al-Yusuf / Hama: Kafranbooda / arbitrary shelling of Maghar al-Hamam village, where she had fled with her family
https://youtu.be/fSFPh6zTK4g
• Radiyeh Suhail al-Yusuf / Hama: Kafranbooda / arbitrary shelling of Maghar al-Hanateh village, where she had fled with her family
• Zainab Suhail al-Yusuf / Hama: Kafranbooda / arbitrary shelling of Maghar al-Hanateh village, where she had fled with her family
• Fatima Mohammad al-Rabee' / Hama: Kafranbooda / arbitrary shelling of Maghar al-Hanateh village, where she had fled
• Fatima Mohammad al-Rabee's unborn child (in the womb) / Hama: Kafranbooda / arbitrary shelling of Maghar al-Hanateh village, where her pregnant mother had fled

|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
As is the case every Friday, tension in the city was high as regime forces deployed throughout Hama.
In al-Qusour, snipers scaled the Qatranji building, and regime forces deployed in the area surrounding most mosques of the neighborhood. (Abdulrahman ibn Awf Mosque: Jeep & Toyota; Al-Rahma Mosque: armored vehicle; Al-Shaikh Beshr al-Hafi Mosque: Pick-up). Armed shabiha checked the IDs of a number of people in front of al-Rahmeh Mosque. No arrests have been confirmed so far.
At 6 p.m., six regime forces in a Toyota chased a number of young men near the neighborhood but did not arrest anyone. Before sunset, security forces deployed near al-Qasbashi Roundabout and on the street across from al-Thawra Garden and arrested two people.
In al-Tawheed, security forces and shabiha deployed in the neighborhood and surrounded Othman ibn Affan Mosque. Two snipers scaled a building overlooking the neighborhood.
In the afternoon, security forces noticeably deployed in Assi Square. A number of patrol vehicles and armored vehicles were spotted.
Security forces were roaming around al-Karameh neighborhood in normal vehicles today, especially around Saeed al-Jabi Mosque, in an attempt to quell protestors. Sounds of intermittent gunfire were heard from the edges of the neighborhood, and no arrests were reported.
A large military convoy of a number of cars and cannons entered the Hama Military Airport. Heavy anti-aircraft artillery fire was reported.

¤ Hama Countryside:
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Regime forces are withdrawing from al-Zoghba and northern al-Van in response to attacks by opposition forces. More than 70 cars were seen leaving the area toward Hama and Sabboura.
Also today, the regime military withdrew tanks and other military vehicles from the armored vehicle school out of fear of attack with Grad missiles.
Assad regime forces and shabiha are stealing everything from al-Van villages, Qasr al-Mukhram, Qasr Abu Samra, Arafeh, Douma and al-Hazm. They even stole ambulances from these villages.
Intense shelling of Masoud, Abu Hanaya, and al-Qlaib from Barri was also reported amid a noticeable movement of fighter jets in the area.

Tal Qartal:
Mazeed Swaid, from Tal Qartal village, was arrested yesterday at al-Gharbal checkpoint at the entrance to the village. He was trying to bring flour into his village, and was taken to the military security branch.

Tayebt al-Imam:
Assad regime forces and shabiha led by Samer raided the eastern neighborhood of the city this afternoon. They broke into shops and raided houses, and beat and humiliated a number of residents who tried to stand in their way.

Maghar al-Hanateh Village:
Intense shelling of the village destroyed a house, and left the family residing within it dead.

Eqeirbat Area:
The villages of Eqeirbat area were subject to artillery shelling from Eastern Barri in addition to aerial shelling. The targeted areas were Eqeirbat, Mas'oud, Abu Hanaya, al-Qlaib, Souha and Salba.

|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
al-Qusour Neighborhood:
Security forces and armored vehicles in the streets of the neighborhood.
https://youtu.be/2RSb4-d8ys8

¤ Hama Countryside:
Shahshabo Mountain:
A helicopter flying over Shahshabo Mountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbDLne_8d-g

Kafarzeita:
Fields adjacent to Kafarzeita on fire as a result of shelling
https://youtu.be/51IZ7uE3OEY

Kafranbooda:
A message from a child from Kafranbooda who has been displaced to Jabal al-Zaweya
https://youtu.be/cOpamJZn93s
A 7-year-old child from Kafranbooda who is now working to be able to feed himself
https://youtu.be/W1fN-5t32Bo
The makeshift clinic in Kafranbooda, and the story of one of the children there
https://youtu.be/5Svvfvun0v4
A report showing the state of affairs of Kafranbooda's internally displaced population, now living in despicable conditions in nearby caves to escape regime shelling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVQnQFd7KIc

Mourek:
Assad regime forces set fire to crops in Mourek as a form of collective punishment for residents, who refused to hand over their wheat to them
https://youtu.be/WoWy6trLdoo

Abu Hanaya Village:
Abu Hanaya was subject to heavy artillery shelling from Eastern Barri, as well as aerial shelling, that resulted in great damage
https://youtu.be/rpaqHrl4TKY

Mafar al-Hanateh Village:
People wounded by the shelling of the village
https://youtu.be/fXSeGuXoY9Q

A report on the village of Qasr Abu Samra
https://youtu.be/WRL8fbkiBuc

|| Protests ||
¤ Hama Countryside:
Qal'at al-Madeeq:
Today's protest on the Friday of "Ghouta and Qusair; Willpower that Cannot be Broken"
https://youtu.be/_lM6_shF9r0

Salamieh:
A protest in Salamieh this morning, on the Friday of "Al-Ghouta and Qusair, Willpower that Cannot be Broken"
https://youtu.be/VYAymhDnZX0
https://youtu.be/tk4UA5rZnlI

Kafarzeita:
Today's protest in Kafarzeita in support of Ghouta and Qusair
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445115012250608&set=a.409936949101748.1073741828.409884619106981&type=1&theater
https://youtu.be/neWjKV4FgNM

al-Latamne:
Today's protest in Kafarzeita in support of Ghouta and Qusair
https://youtu.be/Zplofj-cyB0