Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Friday, August 2, 2013
|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 2
Number of arrests: 5
Number of demonstration points: 3
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 0
Instance of gunfire: 28
Number of areas that were shelled: 21
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 6
Number of defections: 0
|| Martyrs ||
• Mohammad Ahmed al-Sagheer / age 70 / Hama: Kafarzeita / rocket and artillery shelling of the city
http://goo.gl/B5QoQ5
https://youtu.be/Hi13pBTAhCs
• Maher Mohammad al-Sagheer / age 38 / Mohammad's son / Hama: Kafarzeita / rocket and artillery shelling of the city
http://goo.gl/B5QoQ5
https://youtu.be/Hi13pBTAhCs
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We have also corrected the name of a martyr who was run over by regime forces in al-Arb'een neighborhood on July 30. It is:
Abdulraheem Abdulazeez Zaino al-Barkawi / Hama: Al-Arb'een / run over by regime forces on July 30, 2013
|| Shelling Points ||
21 points of shelling:
Artillery and rocket shelling: Kafarzeita - Surouj - Al-Hawweeja - Al-Hawwash - Aqrab - Kafranbooda - Shahshabo Mountain - Al-Hwaiz - Harbnafse - Dahsh - Tal Al-Keram - Rasm Skaf - Arafeh - Douma - Shouleen - Zayzoun - Qastoun - B'aarbo - Al-Qsabeya - Al-Kirkat - Apamea - Jeb Slaiman
|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
This morning, helicopters were seen flying over Hama as security forces deployed throughout the city, quelling protests. Before Friday prayer, snipers deployed in Tareeq Halab, al-Qusour and Janoub al-Mal'aab. Large explosions were heard coming from the west of Janoob al-Mal'aab before prayer as well. An armored vehicle was seen passing through Janoob al-Mal'aab.
A number of artillery explosions were heard today. Their source was unclear.
¤ Hama Countryside:
Salamieh:
At around midnight last night, a shell was fired from the artillery battalion in Eastern Barri onto houses in the southwest of Salamieh, killing two Popular Committee forces from the Fattoum family.
Kafarzeita:
Helicopters and warplanes were seen flying over the city toward the north this morning, and in the afternoon, artillery shelling of the city left two people dead and others wounded. Residents held an anti-regime protest after Friday prayer, and in the evening, farmlands in the surrounding area were subject to shelling with explosive bullets.
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Warplanes bombarded the villages of al-Bal'aas Mountains, al-Mkaimen and Rasm al-Dabea, and large explosions shook the area. Artillery shelling targeted numerous villages in the area amid a power outage. Many residents fled their homes out of fear of shelling. In the evening, shelling was renewed, targeting al-Hamdaneya and al-Jnaineh.
We received reports of the arrest of Fadi Zakariya al-Obaid from Abu Hanaya village, and Ahmed Zakariya al-Obaid from Abu Obaid village at the Salamieh checkpoint. Also, Popular Committee forces arrested Kareem Daboubel and Mohieddine Daboul in al-Mufakker village this afternoon.
In the evening, we received reports that Popular Committee forces had taken position at the school in al-Mufakker village.
Kafranbooda:
Rocket launcher and artillery shelling of the town was reported as warplanes flew overhead.
Helfaya:
Yesterday, security forces arrested Mohammad Fawaz al-baser from his place of work, a motorcycle repair shop, in Mharde yesterday.
Al-Ghab Plain:
The villages of al-Ghab Plain were subject to artillery shelling from al-Makateb checkpoint in Qal'at al-Madeeq.
|| Videos ||
¤ Hama Countryside:
A paramedic treats a member of the Fatima al_Zahra Battalion for a shrapnel wound sustained by a tank shell
https://youtu.be/PpcIUStAXQs
Kafarzeita:
The regime's shelling of the city after Friday prayer
https://youtu.be/MP_t1pSsRiE
The moment in which Mohammad al-Sagheer and his son Maher were killed
https://youtu.be/Hi13pBTAhCs
|| Demonstrations ||
Kafarzeita:
Today's protest in Kafarzeita
https://youtu.be/tfwBanFES6g
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=470217033073739&set=a.409936949101748.1073741828.409884619106981&type=1&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=571455549557973&set=a.395101323860064.80010.392863517417178&type=1&theater
Qal'at al-Madeeq:
The protest in Qal'at al-Madeeq on the last Friday of Ramadan
https://youtu.be/UhoemrXihMc
Salamieh:
Today's anti-regime protest in Salamieh
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/p480x480/1012260_559534714103425_1002997527_n.jpg
https://youtu.be/7YmuxtGZtkU
https://youtu.be/3Gsp7cRmaPQ
https://youtu.be/KD7Lgk6MG7Y