Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Thursday, June 20, 2013
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|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 3
Number of arrests: 60
Number of demonstration points: 3
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1
Instance of gunfire: 26
Number of areas that were shelled: 7
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 5
Number of defections: 0
|| Martyrs ||
• Aqqab Saqr Ibrahim / Hama: Hamadi Omar Village / summarily executed by regime forces who tortured him when they stormed the village, he was paralyzed
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBemhZN2Y5UUlpZ2c/edit?usp=sharing
• Mohammad Methaql al-Ayesh / Hama: al-Mkaimen al-Shamali / fatally shot by regime forces in Rasm al-Ahmar
• A martyr whose name has not yet arrived / Hama / FSA killed by the aerial shelling of the Qasr ibn Wardan area
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In addition to the following, who was killed on 8/6/2013
Ahmed Qashoush / Hama: Mashaa' al-Arb'een / arbitrary shelling of Deir Ezzor
|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
With the depreciation of the Syrian Pound against the US dollar or Euro, the Assad regime has raised the process of gas, fuel, and other items. One liter of gas now costs 110 SYP, while one liter of diesel fuel costs 60 SYP. A ticket from Hama to Damascus to Aleppo is 700 SYP, and the value of gold is dropping. Syria's economic condition is rapidly deteriorating.
At dawn today, an explosive device went off near the Taxi office in al-Ta'awuneyeh neighborhood. The bomb was planted beneath the car of a resident of the area, and gunfire was simultaneously reported from the Baath Party Prep checkpoint. No one was hurt in the explosion.
Many civilian and military aircraft were seen flying to and from the Hama Military Airport. Campaigns of raids and arrests continue in al-Qusour neighborhood for the fifth consecutive day, in the area near Mahmoud al-Shaqfe Mosque. Security forces looted a number of houses and arrested many people, including a young man who was arrested and beaten in front of his wife. They raided multiple houses in the neighborhood.
Regime forces launched a campaign of arrests in Tareeq Halab neighborhood as well. In the afternoon, 15 armed forces surrounded al-Mugheela Garden and carried out some training exercises. A campaign of arrests was also carried out at the western garage and al-Kawthar checkpoint. Security forces raided shops on Salaheddine and al-Marabet Streets and arrested about 20 people for no apparent reason.
Intermittent gunfire was heard in Assi Square, near al-Hader al-Sagheer. Security forces deployed in the area and in al-Dabagha neighborhood.
In the evening, People's Committee forces deployed in al-Shree'a neighborhood. They confiscated someone's Peugeot, and an armored vehicle set up a temporary checkpoint in the neighborhood as well.
Searches at the fixed checkpoints continue as well. Forces are making drivers unload their vehicles and pay money as they pass through.
¤ Hama Countryside:
Latmeen:
This morning, regime forces at the Abu Shafeeq checkpoint attacked Latmeen with artillery shells.
Eastern Hama Countryside:
In the early hours of the morning, regime forces at the Rahjan checkpoint launched an artillery attack on Hama's eastern suburbs. Fighters jets and helicopters dropped a barrel of explosives on the Qasr ibn Wardan area, damaging a number of houses and resulting in a mass exodus of residents. At night, artillery shelling of Jab al-Hanata village, which lies near Qasr ibn Wardan, was reported. More than five people were wounded as a result.
In other news, Free Syrian Army fighters downed an MiG fighter jet in Hama's eastern suburbs. It fell near Salamieh.
Salamieh:
Alaa Hatem al-Sankari was arrested by People's Committee forces from his shop in the city.
Kafarzeita:
Missile shelling from al-Nemr checkpoint in Khan Shaikhoon onto farmlands in Kafarzeita resulted in fires in the pistachio and olive trees in the eastern part of the city. Fires also erupted to the west.
Also, two young brothers were wounded this evening as they tried to dismantle a cluster bomb, that was dropped by a regime aircraft onto the city's farmlands. One was wounded in the food, and the other was wounded in the face.
Kafranbooda:
Heavy shelling of Kafranbooda, al-Habeet and Maghar al-Hammam village from all checkpoints in the area was reported, and fires erupted in Kafranbooda's farmlands as a result.
Aqrab:
Aqrab witnessed missile shelling from checkpoints in nearby, pro-regime villages
Tayebt al-Imam:
This evening, a violent explosion shook the northwestern part of the city. We have no additional information at this point.
Soran:
Assad regime forces on M'aardes bridge arrested Abdulrahman Haj Abdullah, age 27, and his brother Suhaib, age 24.
|| Videos ||
¤ Hama Countryside:
Kafranbooda:
Crops in Kafranbooda that were set on fire as a result of shelling
https://youtu.be/PSKY52Bk4vw
A report on the burning of crops and olive trees by regime forces
https://youtu.be/ITV8RG25W98
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Regime forces today shelled Buyoud village and other villages in the area using rockets and artillery, leaving a number of people wounded and pushing residents to flee
https://youtu.be/P9EhxUIOQzM
https://youtu.be/0u-MhhcEzf0
Aerial shelling of al-Hamdaneya village
https://youtu.be/VT-_p7uOr80
Shelling of Buyoud village
https://youtu.be/pRNX6JTPuYI
Smoke fills the sky as a result of explosive barrels dropped on Qasr ibn Wardan
https://youtu.be/xcCiwtWVhRM
An attack on the Rahjan checkpoint using Grad missiles
https://youtu.be/2XWrGjKjQak
FSA fighters use 23 mm machine guns to fight off an approaching military convoy
https://youtu.be/_hHP1vE4vxo
Flare bombs lit up the sky of Qasr ibn Wardan and the surrounding area
https://youtu.be/5W8vF5yKHC4
https://youtu.be/d-PmeiSz4g0
https://youtu.be/G7R3Pso3tNs
Kafarzeita:
A fire erupted in the crops near the Hamameyat Hill checkpoint, burning hundreds of pistachio and olive trees, in addition to wheat and jasmine crops
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=451467564948686&set=a.409936949101748.1073741828.409884619106981&type=1&theater
https://youtu.be/jOBnHPRtYB4
Missile shelling from al-Nemr checkpoint in Khan Shaikhoon set fire to pistachio and olive trees
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=451477321614377&set=a.409936949101748.1073741828.409884619106981&type=1&theater
Residents attempt to put out the fire caused by shelling from Hamameyat
https://youtu.be/ArnJe4IBhgw
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|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 3
Number of arrests: 60
Number of demonstration points: 3
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1
Instance of gunfire: 26
Number of areas that were shelled: 7
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 5
Number of defections: 0
|| Martyrs ||
• Aqqab Saqr Ibrahim / Hama: Hamadi Omar Village / summarily executed by regime forces who tortured him when they stormed the village, he was paralyzed
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBemhZN2Y5UUlpZ2c/edit?usp=sharing
• Mohammad Methaql al-Ayesh / Hama: al-Mkaimen al-Shamali / fatally shot by regime forces in Rasm al-Ahmar
• A martyr whose name has not yet arrived / Hama / FSA killed by the aerial shelling of the Qasr ibn Wardan area
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In addition to the following, who was killed on 8/6/2013
Ahmed Qashoush / Hama: Mashaa' al-Arb'een / arbitrary shelling of Deir Ezzor
|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
With the depreciation of the Syrian Pound against the US dollar or Euro, the Assad regime has raised the process of gas, fuel, and other items. One liter of gas now costs 110 SYP, while one liter of diesel fuel costs 60 SYP. A ticket from Hama to Damascus to Aleppo is 700 SYP, and the value of gold is dropping. Syria's economic condition is rapidly deteriorating.
At dawn today, an explosive device went off near the Taxi office in al-Ta'awuneyeh neighborhood. The bomb was planted beneath the car of a resident of the area, and gunfire was simultaneously reported from the Baath Party Prep checkpoint. No one was hurt in the explosion.
Many civilian and military aircraft were seen flying to and from the Hama Military Airport. Campaigns of raids and arrests continue in al-Qusour neighborhood for the fifth consecutive day, in the area near Mahmoud al-Shaqfe Mosque. Security forces looted a number of houses and arrested many people, including a young man who was arrested and beaten in front of his wife. They raided multiple houses in the neighborhood.
Regime forces launched a campaign of arrests in Tareeq Halab neighborhood as well. In the afternoon, 15 armed forces surrounded al-Mugheela Garden and carried out some training exercises. A campaign of arrests was also carried out at the western garage and al-Kawthar checkpoint. Security forces raided shops on Salaheddine and al-Marabet Streets and arrested about 20 people for no apparent reason.
Intermittent gunfire was heard in Assi Square, near al-Hader al-Sagheer. Security forces deployed in the area and in al-Dabagha neighborhood.
In the evening, People's Committee forces deployed in al-Shree'a neighborhood. They confiscated someone's Peugeot, and an armored vehicle set up a temporary checkpoint in the neighborhood as well.
Searches at the fixed checkpoints continue as well. Forces are making drivers unload their vehicles and pay money as they pass through.
¤ Hama Countryside:
Latmeen:
This morning, regime forces at the Abu Shafeeq checkpoint attacked Latmeen with artillery shells.
Eastern Hama Countryside:
In the early hours of the morning, regime forces at the Rahjan checkpoint launched an artillery attack on Hama's eastern suburbs. Fighters jets and helicopters dropped a barrel of explosives on the Qasr ibn Wardan area, damaging a number of houses and resulting in a mass exodus of residents. At night, artillery shelling of Jab al-Hanata village, which lies near Qasr ibn Wardan, was reported. More than five people were wounded as a result.
In other news, Free Syrian Army fighters downed an MiG fighter jet in Hama's eastern suburbs. It fell near Salamieh.
Salamieh:
Alaa Hatem al-Sankari was arrested by People's Committee forces from his shop in the city.
Kafarzeita:
Missile shelling from al-Nemr checkpoint in Khan Shaikhoon onto farmlands in Kafarzeita resulted in fires in the pistachio and olive trees in the eastern part of the city. Fires also erupted to the west.
Also, two young brothers were wounded this evening as they tried to dismantle a cluster bomb, that was dropped by a regime aircraft onto the city's farmlands. One was wounded in the food, and the other was wounded in the face.
Kafranbooda:
Heavy shelling of Kafranbooda, al-Habeet and Maghar al-Hammam village from all checkpoints in the area was reported, and fires erupted in Kafranbooda's farmlands as a result.
Aqrab:
Aqrab witnessed missile shelling from checkpoints in nearby, pro-regime villages
Tayebt al-Imam:
This evening, a violent explosion shook the northwestern part of the city. We have no additional information at this point.
Soran:
Assad regime forces on M'aardes bridge arrested Abdulrahman Haj Abdullah, age 27, and his brother Suhaib, age 24.
|| Videos ||
¤ Hama Countryside:
Kafranbooda:
Crops in Kafranbooda that were set on fire as a result of shelling
https://youtu.be/PSKY52Bk4vw
A report on the burning of crops and olive trees by regime forces
https://youtu.be/ITV8RG25W98
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Regime forces today shelled Buyoud village and other villages in the area using rockets and artillery, leaving a number of people wounded and pushing residents to flee
https://youtu.be/P9EhxUIOQzM
https://youtu.be/0u-MhhcEzf0
Aerial shelling of al-Hamdaneya village
https://youtu.be/VT-_p7uOr80
Shelling of Buyoud village
https://youtu.be/pRNX6JTPuYI
Smoke fills the sky as a result of explosive barrels dropped on Qasr ibn Wardan
https://youtu.be/xcCiwtWVhRM
An attack on the Rahjan checkpoint using Grad missiles
https://youtu.be/2XWrGjKjQak
FSA fighters use 23 mm machine guns to fight off an approaching military convoy
https://youtu.be/_hHP1vE4vxo
Flare bombs lit up the sky of Qasr ibn Wardan and the surrounding area
https://youtu.be/5W8vF5yKHC4
https://youtu.be/d-PmeiSz4g0
https://youtu.be/G7R3Pso3tNs
Kafarzeita:
A fire erupted in the crops near the Hamameyat Hill checkpoint, burning hundreds of pistachio and olive trees, in addition to wheat and jasmine crops
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=451467564948686&set=a.409936949101748.1073741828.409884619106981&type=1&theater
https://youtu.be/jOBnHPRtYB4
Missile shelling from al-Nemr checkpoint in Khan Shaikhoon set fire to pistachio and olive trees
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=451477321614377&set=a.409936949101748.1073741828.409884619106981&type=1&theater
Residents attempt to put out the fire caused by shelling from Hamameyat
https://youtu.be/ArnJe4IBhgw