Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Tuesday, July 30, 2013
|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 2
Number of arrests: 10
Number of demonstration points: 0
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 0
Instance of gunfire: 31
Number of areas that were shelled: 21
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 5
Number of defections: 0
|| Martyrs ||
• Samer Majed al-Abdullah / age 21 / Hama: Al-Ghab Plain / member of the Ansar al-Haq Battalion, succumbed to wounds sustained in battle in al-Rashideen, Aleppo
• Mahmoud Dandash / age 28 / Hama: Aqrab / fighter in the Alb al-Din Arslan Battalion, shot dead by regime forces
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=358241687639720&set=a.187746798022544.42405.184650058332218&type=1&theater
|| Shelling Points ||
21 points of shelling in the Hama province:
Artillery and rocket shelling: Surouj - Al-Hawweeja - Al-Hawwash - Aqrab - Kafranbooda - Shahshabo Mountain - Al-Hwaiz - Harbnafse - Dahsh - Tal Al-Keram - Rasm Skaf - Arafeh - Douma - Shouleen - Zayzoun - Qastoun - B'arbo - Al-Qsabeyah - Al-Kirkat - Apamea - Jeb Slaiman
Aerial shelling: Bal'aas Mountain
|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
At 10 a.m., regime forces from the Societal Affairs and Baath Party HQ checkpoints launched a campaign of raids in al-Mugheela and Bab Qibli amid intermittent gunfire. Forces were seen near al-Mugheela Garden. They arrested a number of people, including Jamal Kaf al-Ghazzal, a history and geography teacher at Abu Tammam School.
Also this morning, a number of explosions were heard in the city, coming from an unknown source. At around 4:30 in the afternoon, explosions were heard again.
For the last week, regime forces have been raiding al-Karama neighborhood daily.
In the evening:
Regime forces were seen roaming around al-Qusour neighborhood in military and civilian vehicles during taraweeh prayers.
¤ Hama Countryside:
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Free Syrian Army forces launched an attack on the Maraqeh checkpoint in the southeastern suburbs of Hama. After clashes, that did not last too long, the fighters captured the checkpoint and seized the weapons there. Forces at this checkpoint were known to terrorize the residents of the Eqeirbat area. It was set up a month and a half ago, when the regime gained control of the area.
Afterward, fighters moved toward the road leading to Homs, where there are several villages under regime control. Intense clashes broke out at the outskirts of Eqeirbat, and regime forces retreated toward Souha and Barri.
The regime sent reinforcements comprising ammunition and vehicles to the artillery battalion in Barri village on Salamieh road. It is important to note that a regime aircraft launched an attack on villages east of Eqeirbat.
Surouj checkpoint was attacked with a number of shells from al-Hamra checkpoint, and heavy aerial shelling of Bal'aas Mountain was reported amid artillery shelling of Eqeirbat.
Aqrab:
Heavy rocket and artillery shelling of the town was reported.
Al-Ghab Plain:
Intense rocket shelling of al-Hawweeja, al-Hawwash, al-Hwaiz and Jisr Bait al-Ras left a number of people wounded and destroyed some houses.
|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
A photo of Ibn al-Rushd Street
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=358225504308005
Photos of al-Dabagha
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=358225850974637
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=358225724307983
¤ Hama Countryside:
Kafranbooda:
A tour of Kafranbooda after 7 months of ongoing shelling, which led to the displacement of most of its residents
https://youtu.be/EQwiLi2C96o
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Intense clashes in Eqeirbat this morning, between the Islamic Farouq Battalions and regime forces, after which the town was liberated
https://youtu.be/W4QT0kO3ZSw.
Al-Ghab Plain:
Intense rocket and artillery shelling from Tal Othman and al-Nahl checkpoint
https://youtu.be/vbsqdBXb4WQ
|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 2
Number of arrests: 10
Number of demonstration points: 0
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 0
Instance of gunfire: 31
Number of areas that were shelled: 21
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 5
Number of defections: 0
|| Martyrs ||
• Samer Majed al-Abdullah / age 21 / Hama: Al-Ghab Plain / member of the Ansar al-Haq Battalion, succumbed to wounds sustained in battle in al-Rashideen, Aleppo
• Mahmoud Dandash / age 28 / Hama: Aqrab / fighter in the Alb al-Din Arslan Battalion, shot dead by regime forces
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=358241687639720&set=a.187746798022544.42405.184650058332218&type=1&theater
|| Shelling Points ||
21 points of shelling in the Hama province:
Artillery and rocket shelling: Surouj - Al-Hawweeja - Al-Hawwash - Aqrab - Kafranbooda - Shahshabo Mountain - Al-Hwaiz - Harbnafse - Dahsh - Tal Al-Keram - Rasm Skaf - Arafeh - Douma - Shouleen - Zayzoun - Qastoun - B'arbo - Al-Qsabeyah - Al-Kirkat - Apamea - Jeb Slaiman
Aerial shelling: Bal'aas Mountain
|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
At 10 a.m., regime forces from the Societal Affairs and Baath Party HQ checkpoints launched a campaign of raids in al-Mugheela and Bab Qibli amid intermittent gunfire. Forces were seen near al-Mugheela Garden. They arrested a number of people, including Jamal Kaf al-Ghazzal, a history and geography teacher at Abu Tammam School.
Also this morning, a number of explosions were heard in the city, coming from an unknown source. At around 4:30 in the afternoon, explosions were heard again.
For the last week, regime forces have been raiding al-Karama neighborhood daily.
In the evening:
Regime forces were seen roaming around al-Qusour neighborhood in military and civilian vehicles during taraweeh prayers.
¤ Hama Countryside:
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Free Syrian Army forces launched an attack on the Maraqeh checkpoint in the southeastern suburbs of Hama. After clashes, that did not last too long, the fighters captured the checkpoint and seized the weapons there. Forces at this checkpoint were known to terrorize the residents of the Eqeirbat area. It was set up a month and a half ago, when the regime gained control of the area.
Afterward, fighters moved toward the road leading to Homs, where there are several villages under regime control. Intense clashes broke out at the outskirts of Eqeirbat, and regime forces retreated toward Souha and Barri.
The regime sent reinforcements comprising ammunition and vehicles to the artillery battalion in Barri village on Salamieh road. It is important to note that a regime aircraft launched an attack on villages east of Eqeirbat.
Surouj checkpoint was attacked with a number of shells from al-Hamra checkpoint, and heavy aerial shelling of Bal'aas Mountain was reported amid artillery shelling of Eqeirbat.
Aqrab:
Heavy rocket and artillery shelling of the town was reported.
Al-Ghab Plain:
Intense rocket shelling of al-Hawweeja, al-Hawwash, al-Hwaiz and Jisr Bait al-Ras left a number of people wounded and destroyed some houses.
|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
A photo of Ibn al-Rushd Street
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=358225504308005
Photos of al-Dabagha
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=358225850974637
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=358225724307983
¤ Hama Countryside:
Kafranbooda:
A tour of Kafranbooda after 7 months of ongoing shelling, which led to the displacement of most of its residents
https://youtu.be/EQwiLi2C96o
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Intense clashes in Eqeirbat this morning, between the Islamic Farouq Battalions and regime forces, after which the town was liberated
https://youtu.be/W4QT0kO3ZSw.
Al-Ghab Plain:
Intense rocket and artillery shelling from Tal Othman and al-Nahl checkpoint
https://youtu.be/vbsqdBXb4WQ