Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Thursday, July 18, 2013
|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 2
Number of arrests: 1
Number of demonstration points: 3
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1
Instance of gunfire: 26
Number of areas that were shelled: 8
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 4
Number of defections: 0
|| Martyrs ||
• Samer Yaser Nasr / age 25 / Hama / member of the Martyr Abdo Handoula Battalion in al-Mansoura, Aleppo, killed by a tank shell in the Shwaihneh Mountain Battle
http://goo.gl/Gkw3T
• Mustafa Taha al-Helwa / age 17 / Hama: Qamhaneh / killed under torture at a regime intelligence branch after being arrested about a month ago
|| Shelling Points ||
7 points of artillery and rocket shelling: Al-Hawweeja - Al-Hawwash - Aqrab - Kafranbooda - Shahshabo Mountain - Al-Hwaiz - Harbnafse
2 points of aerial shelling: Villages of Bal'aas Mountain - Harbnafse (cluster bombs were dropped on both)
|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
Regime forces and shabiha were seen roaming around the industrial area today in a number of vehicles. Security forces in al-Ta'awuneya neighborhood closed off all side roads leading to the Air Force Intelligence checkpoint, adjacent to Bilal al-Habashi Mosque, using cement barricades. They have suffocated residents of the area, and the only exit now is from the street next to the police station.
In the evening, at least three rockets were fired from the Hama Military Airport toward Hama's northern suburbs.
¤ Hama Countryside:
Kafranbooda:
In the early hours of the morning, regime forces fired missiles onto Kafranbooda. In the evening, shelling was renewed, and a number of rockets struck the town.
Harbnafse:
In the morning, Harbnafse witnessed intense artillery shelling from the Qurmos checkpoint. It was followed by four air strikes in which cluster bombs were dropped on the houses of civilians.
Al-Ghab Plain:
Intense shelling of Jabal al-Zaweya from the Joureen checkpoint was reported, as was Gvozdika shelling of al-Hawweeja from Tal Othman
Eastern Hama Countryside:
The villages of al-Bal'aas Mountain were attacked with cluster bombs dropped by fighter jets
Al-Samra Village:
Regime forces set fire to the farmlands surrounding the village
|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
A walk through the city's markets, that are less busy than usual
https://youtu.be/W0Msb9cYil0
Al-Tawheed Neighborhood:
Two Toyota Hi-Lux vehicles, and two microbuses filled with shabiha exit the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/IW5LSxGDfQA
¤ Hama Countryside:
Twainy Village:
Indiscriminate gunfire by regime forces
https://youtu.be/hjrQcvMH_dA
|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 2
Number of arrests: 1
Number of demonstration points: 3
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1
Instance of gunfire: 26
Number of areas that were shelled: 8
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 4
Number of defections: 0
|| Martyrs ||
• Samer Yaser Nasr / age 25 / Hama / member of the Martyr Abdo Handoula Battalion in al-Mansoura, Aleppo, killed by a tank shell in the Shwaihneh Mountain Battle
http://goo.gl/Gkw3T
• Mustafa Taha al-Helwa / age 17 / Hama: Qamhaneh / killed under torture at a regime intelligence branch after being arrested about a month ago
|| Shelling Points ||
7 points of artillery and rocket shelling: Al-Hawweeja - Al-Hawwash - Aqrab - Kafranbooda - Shahshabo Mountain - Al-Hwaiz - Harbnafse
2 points of aerial shelling: Villages of Bal'aas Mountain - Harbnafse (cluster bombs were dropped on both)
|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
Regime forces and shabiha were seen roaming around the industrial area today in a number of vehicles. Security forces in al-Ta'awuneya neighborhood closed off all side roads leading to the Air Force Intelligence checkpoint, adjacent to Bilal al-Habashi Mosque, using cement barricades. They have suffocated residents of the area, and the only exit now is from the street next to the police station.
In the evening, at least three rockets were fired from the Hama Military Airport toward Hama's northern suburbs.
¤ Hama Countryside:
Kafranbooda:
In the early hours of the morning, regime forces fired missiles onto Kafranbooda. In the evening, shelling was renewed, and a number of rockets struck the town.
Harbnafse:
In the morning, Harbnafse witnessed intense artillery shelling from the Qurmos checkpoint. It was followed by four air strikes in which cluster bombs were dropped on the houses of civilians.
Al-Ghab Plain:
Intense shelling of Jabal al-Zaweya from the Joureen checkpoint was reported, as was Gvozdika shelling of al-Hawweeja from Tal Othman
Eastern Hama Countryside:
The villages of al-Bal'aas Mountain were attacked with cluster bombs dropped by fighter jets
Al-Samra Village:
Regime forces set fire to the farmlands surrounding the village
|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
A walk through the city's markets, that are less busy than usual
https://youtu.be/W0Msb9cYil0
Al-Tawheed Neighborhood:
Two Toyota Hi-Lux vehicles, and two microbuses filled with shabiha exit the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/IW5LSxGDfQA
¤ Hama Countryside:
Twainy Village:
Indiscriminate gunfire by regime forces
https://youtu.be/hjrQcvMH_dA