Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Tuesday, July 23, 2013

|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 5
Number of arrests: 3
Number of demonstration points: 3
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1 
Instance of gunfire: 24
Number of areas that were shelled: 9
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 4
Number of defections: 0

|| Martyrs ||
• Yahya Mohammad Dwaik / Hama: al-Shamaleya Neighborhood / defected soldier killed in battle in the southern neighborhoods of Damascus
• Manhal Mohammad Saleh al-tame / age 19 / Hama: Tal Waset / killed in battle in Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib
• Nawres Adnan Salo / Hama: Dwair al-Akrad / killed in clashes in Hama's northwestern suburbs on July 22
https://youtu.be/y7c9iKhlTJI
• Murhaf Salo / Hama: Dwair al-Akrad / killed in clashes in Hama's northwestern suburbs on July 22
https://youtu.be/y7c9iKhlTJI
• Mohammad Ibrahim Salo / Hama: Dwair al-Akrad / killed in clashes in Hama's northwestern suburbs on July 22
https://youtu.be/y7c9iKhlTJI 

|| Shelling Points ||
Nine points of artillery and rocket shelling: Al-Zakaa - Al-Hawweeja - Al-Hawwash - Aqrab - Kafranbooda - Shahshabo Mountain - Al-Hwaiz - Harbnafse - Dahsh

|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
Security forces deployed in al-Habbousa gardens early this morning, for the second consecutive day. They were seen on the road from Jesr al-Hadeed Roundabout to the Central Prison Roundabout with a number of armored vehicles. Forces also deployed on al-Marabet Street and March 15 Street this morning, and warplanes were seen flying overhead at a low altitude. 
Armed forces were roaming around the industrial area in civilian vehicles, but no reports of arrests were made. 
In the evening:
Regime forces deployed in the Mahmoud al-Shaqfe area across from Abdulkareem Zarzour School. They stopped cars passing through and asked for people's personal ID cards. 

¤ Hama Countryside: 
Al-Zakaa Village:
Regime forces at the Deir Mharde checkpoint fired artillery shells onto al-Zakaa's farmlands.

Eastern Hama Countryside:
Dahsh village was subject to intense artillery and rocket shelling. 

Al-Ghab Plain:
Al-Hawwash Village:
Artillery shelling of the village was reported, but no one was injured.
Al-Hawweeja Village:
Regime forces targeted al-Hawweeja with artillery shells.

Helfaya:
Bahaa Ahmed Abu Zaid (Al-Swaidy) was arrested by security forces at the Jamarek Checkpoint in Hama city. 

Aqrab:
This evening, regime forces at checkpoints in the surrounding area fired rockets and artillery shells onto Aqrab, creating large fires. 

|| Videos || 
¤ Hama Countryside: 
A mortar and rocket attack on a regime base by the Martyrs of Hayaleen Battalion
https://youtu.be/WnsY3aVwTo0

Al-Ghab Plain:
Yesterday, opposition fighters initiated a battle to regain control of the area from Joureen in Hama to Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib. They used Grad missiles to attack to Tanmeya and al-Zyara checkpoints. 
https://youtu.be/AxM5kxGdERs
Attacks on the Zera'a and Bohsa checkpoints in al-Ghab Plain using mortar shells
https://youtu.be/U2OQlq9cwcc
Al-Hawwash Village:
Intense shelling of al-Hawwash
https://youtu.be/nqHybzgOcW8

Kafranbooda:
A tour of Kafranbooda, which is subject to daily shelling
https://youtu.be/Q5yQR1HJKn8