Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Saturday, August 17, 2013

|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 2
Number of arrests: 15
Number of demonstration points: 0
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 0
Instance of gunfire: 24
Number of areas that were shelled: 3
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 5
Number of defections: 0

|| Martyrs ||
• A martyr whose name hasn't yet arrived / age 24 / Hama: Abu Hanaya Village / killed in battle at the Eastern Barri battle front
• Ziad Ahmed Salloum Daheeneh / Hama: Al-Hawweeja Village / succumbed to wounds sustained during the artillery shelling of the village a few days ago

|| Shelling Points ||
Artillery and rocket shelling: Shahshabo Mountain - Kafarzeita - Aqrab

|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
Today, Assad regime forces raided a house in al-Eleileyat neighborhood , and deployed in Tareeq Halab and Janoob al-Mal'aab. For the second consecutive day, they stormed al-Jarajmeh and al-Shair.
This afternoon, security forces were unusually deployed in al-Souq area. Forces from al-Kawthar checkpoint were seen on March 15 Street and al-Marabet Street, where they searched passersby. They stole a number of Kia vehicles from their owners. Also, about 20 armed forces from the Baath Party HQ checkpoint were seen headed toward al-Madineh and al-Mugheela and part of Bab Qiblu. Two pick-up trucks were seen headed toward Assi Square. 
In the evening, regime forces from al-Kawthar checkpoint deployed in Bab al-Balad. 

¤ Hama Countryside: 
Khattab:
Assad regime forces arrested 25-year-old Deeb Mohammad al-Khaled from Khattab. He is married with four children. 

Sraiheen:
Reports say that a car carrying five regime forces was blown up with an explosive device on Sraiheen-Hama Road. 

Eastern Hama Countryside:
Latest reports from Hama's eastern countryside say that regime forces have been forced out of most villages amid the ongoing battles, including the battle for al-Mufakker village which has continued since yesterday. The village has been attacked multiple times, and regime forces and shabiha have left. Because of the intensity of the aerial and artillery shelling of the area, many residents have fled to Salamieh city or Barri. Unfortunately, civilians are paying the price for ongoing battles, as most villages have been destroyed by shelling. 
http://goo.gl/0h4NNX
Al-Mbarakat:
Intense gunfire from a temporary regime checkpoint onto a civilian vehicle near al-Mbarakat village was reported; it left the car in flames. The road between M'aarshuhour and Salamieh Road between al-Mbarakat village has become very dangerous.

Kafarzeita:
Artillery shelling of the city from Deir Mharde was reported this evening

Aqrab:
Rocket shelling of Aqrab from checkpoints in pro-regime villages left a number of people, mostly women and children, wounded. 

|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
Documentation of a martyr:
Obaida Omarain, who was killed in al-Shair neighborhood yesterday
http://goo.gl/Cw8Vyp

¤ Hama Countryside: 
Al-Zyara:
Documentation of a martyr:
Martyr Rami Majed, age 19, who was killed in battle in Latakia
https://youtu.be/4iWsUg6qTm4

Kafarzeita:
The burial of the martyrs Qusai Mahmoud al-Hassoun and Mahmoud Ali al-Saleh
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.476632919098817.1073741837.409884619106981&type=1
Martyr Qusai Mahmoud al-Hassoun who was killed in battle on the Syrian coast on August 16
https://youtu.be/qS_wAdcyjO8

Shahshabo Mountain:
Shelling of the villages of Shahshabo Mountain this evening
https://youtu.be/mgv0M3UvXmQ

Eastern Hama Countryside:
An attack on the military convoy moving from Hama to Khanaser on August 11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNWEdWczhpg&feature=youtu.be
Fighters plant mines to attack the convoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZcJsxH7pbE
Clashes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN6Pyc0Hc_Q&feature=youtu.be

Aqrab:
Children wounded by the regime's shelling of the town
https://youtu.be/Fr784dUBLZI