Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Monday, June 17, 2013
|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 5
Number of arrests: 15
Number of demonstration points: 3
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1
Instance of gunfire: 29
Number of areas that were shelled: 4
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 5
Number of defections: 0
|| Martyrs ||
• Hammam Safr Khattab / age 30 / Hama: al-Latamne / killed in the FSA attack on Abu Shafeeq checkpoint
https://youtu.be/Jg5AFuYTQIA
https://youtu.be/EHpmMEMCZcw
• Four martyrs whose names haven't yet arrived / Hama / killed in the attack on the Abu Shafeeq checkpoint
|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
Prices in the city are on the rise as the value of the Syrian currency continues to drop dramatically. Throughout the day today, helicopters were seen flying over the city, and power outages were intermittently reported in a number of neighborhoods.
This afternoon, a convoy of 16 vehicles labeled "Masyaf Branch" entered al-Karameh neighborhood and two people were arrested. In al-Qusour neighborhood, shabiha stopped a car near Mahmoud al-Shaqfe MOsque and beat them and arrested them. Three others were arrested at the Bilal Roundabout checkpoint and were taken to the Air Force Intelligence branch.
Regime forces were widely deployed on March 15 street this afternoon, and a temporary checkpoint was set up on al-Jalaa Street with about 20 forces. Regime forces stopped passersby and asked for their ID cards. Later in the day, regime forces in al-Qusour chased a number of young men and shot at them near Abdulrahman ibn Awf Mosque, though there were women and children in the area. Security forces raided a building an surrounded it with an armored vehicle. Six civilians were arrested.
In al-Karameh neighborhood at night, Regime forces were deployed though out the neighborhood in civilian vehicles, and a partial power outage was reported.
A number of people were arrested yesterday when about 50 regime forces stormed Bab Qibli neighborhood. We have received the names of two:
1. Najeh Rashad Ak'aak
2. Mohammad al-Hamed
They confiscated three cars from the neighborhood and arrested their owners, and robbed the sugar warehouse, taking about 500,000 SYP worth of sugar.
¤ Hama Countryside:
Kafarzeita:
Early this morning, regime forces began shelling the farmlands north of Kafarzeita. The attacks carried out through the afternoon, with shells being fired from Deir Mharde. FSA forces attacked the Abu Shafeeq and al-Khazanat checkpoints using Grad missiles and mortar shells, which resulted in regime forces shelling areas south and east of the city.
In the evening, rocket and artillery shelling from Deir Mharde was reported, and resulted in a number of casualties.
Tayebt al-Imam:
Hama's eastern suburbs were subject to heavy artillery shelling from al-Qabban checkpoint, which is situated east of the city as helicopters hovered overhead.
Eastern Hama Countryside:
This morning, Assad regime forces raided Um Habas village with tanks and burnt a number of houses.
Northern Hama Countryside:
Helicopters dropped cluster bombs on the area surrounding Abu Shafeeq checkpoint, which was besieged by the FSA. At least 10 rebel fighters were wounded.
Kafranbooda:
Kafranbooda and al-Habeet were subject to heavy artillery shelling from Deir Mharde and the Tal Othman al-Shaikh Hadeed and al-Mugheer checkpoints.
Shahshabo Mountain:
Rocket launcher shelling of the villages of Shahshabo Mountain from Tal Othman was reported.
|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
Janoob al-Mal'aab Neighborhood;
Internal refugees and residents wait outside the Red Crescent center to receive aid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsSNJZcwOj0&feature=youtu.be
¤ Hama Countryside:
al-Latamne:
An attack by FSA forces on the Abu Shafeeq checkpoint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKCkd0qwuRQ&feature=em-uploademail
Regime shelling of Tal Fas, resulting in fires in farmlands and olive trees
https://youtu.be/02_5AbMOv60
https://youtu.be/qDXI8nAfgtw
Mourek:
Shelling of the Abu Shafeeq checkpoint, which is 2 km away from Mourek
https://youtu.be/GgjwbeWR_8k
A fire that erupted at the checkpoint
https://youtu.be/tgwMPPIW3m8
https://youtu.be/X92mDJ-VaKw
Northern Hama Countryside:
An attack by FSA forces on the Abu Shafeeq checkpoint
https://youtu.be/WKCkd0qwuRQ
Abu Shafeeq surrounded by FSA
https://youtu.be/NX-RrG1F0sg
https://youtu.be/AMhP7qn4SiI
https://youtu.be/q8mAM63LkuM
https://youtu.be/siGTEemGPzE
Wounded fighters
https://youtu.be/1AlEnQKtNiA
Kafarzeita:
FSA forces surrounded the Abu Shafeeq checkpoint today and attacked it with mortar shells and heavy machine guns
https://youtu.be/dcMYYmRJt5U
https://youtu.be/GzhmaVyEvH
Latmeen:
Helicopters hovering over Latmeen to scout FSA forces on the ground
https://youtu.be/WoNAlGrNcrA