Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Friday, August 16, 2013
|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 5
Number of arrests: 20
Number of demonstration points: 4
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 0
Instance of gunfire: 29
Number of areas that were shelled: 5
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 7
Number of defections: 0
|| Martyrs ||
• Ali Riyad Kouja / age 20 / martyred on Aug. 12, 2013 in Atshan, Hama in clashes with regime forces
http://goo.gl/NE6urA
• Obaida Omarain (known as Aboud Omarain) / Hama: Al-Shair / defected soldier killed in the raid of al-Shair by regime forces today
• Rami Majed Mawas Kouja / age 20 / Hama: Al-Zyara / killed in battle in Alkrad Mountains in the suburbs of Latakia
• Qusai Mahmoud al-Hassoun / age 30 / Hama: Kafarzeita / killed in battle on the Syrian coast, married with a child
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=476440985784677&set=a.409936949101748.1073741828.409884619106981&type=1&theater
• Mohammad Ali al-Saleh / age 25 / Hama: Kafarzeita / killed in battle on the Syrian coast
|| Shelling Points ||
Artillery and rocket shelling: Kafarzeita - Al-Hwaiz
Aerial shelling with cluster bombs: Qasr ibn Wardan - Al-Sheiha - Surouj
|| Detainees ||
• Oqba Omarain / Hama: Al-Shair / arrested by regime forces who stormed the neighborhood, burned some houses and arrested a number of people
|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
After opposition fighters targeted the Hama Military Airport last night, many warplanes and helicopters were seen flying to and from the airport early this morning, heading to shell the towns and villages of the northern and eastern countryside.
Early this morning, regime forces raided and looted houses in al-Hader area, in al-Hamedeya and al-Sharqeya. They were in military and civilian vehicles and pick-up trucks mounted with machine guns, A number of people were detained, but most named were not documented.
In al-Shair neighborhood, regime forces entered in armored vehicles and patrol vehicles and summarily executed the defected soldier Obaida Omarain and arrested his brother and a number of others. They set a number of houses belonging to civilians on fire and people were displaced as a result. The area was put under tight siege.
During Friday prayer, security forces surrounded mosques in al-Sabouneya, Gharb al-Mashtal, Tareeq Halab, Janoob al-Mal'aab, al-Hader area, and al-Souq.
Security forces also deployed in Assi Square.
In the evening, a number of security forces and patrol vehicles were seen moving around the city in neighborhoods such as al-Qusour, al-Karama, Janoob al-Mal'aab, Janoob al-Thakaneh, al-Bayad, and al-Jalaa.
¤ Hama Countryside:
Kafarzeita:
Rocket and artillery shelling of Kafarzeita and its farmlands from Deir Mharde was reported, as military aircraft hovered overhead this morning.
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Air strikes of Qasr ibn Wardan, al-Sheiha and Surouj were reported and cluster bombs were dropped. Rocket launcher shelling from checkpoints was reported as well.
|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
Al-Shair Neighborhood:
Shabiha and regime forces storm the neighborhood in armored vehicles
https://youtu.be/UI9vo-vxamo
Smoke rises from a house that was raided by regime forces
https://youtu.be/WpSpz6P_8j4
Al-Sharqeya Neighborhood:
A raid of the neighborhood by regime forces
https://youtu.be/2AScqiTv0IE
¤ Hama Countryside:
Al-Hwaiz Village:
Heavy artillery shelling of the village
https://youtu.be/zYZdnrrOfqw
https://youtu.be/-UHTyec_DRo
https://youtu.be/8LnU-pa7YF4
Mourek:
The new regime checkpoint in Mourek which was erected after opposition forces attacked al-Jesr and Atshan checkpoints
https://youtu.be/6PnXGNaEzfc
https://youtu.be/uabrV1pFxlM
The destroyed Atshan checkpoint and the new regime checkpoint
https://youtu.be/2XrwzmUrDf4
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A report made and translated by the Hama branch of the Union of Free Syrian Students:
The Russian Mig 21 Plane
https://youtu.be/VOxZEDJ0xsM