Daraya: #Local_Council_of_Daraya_City
#Daily_News_Roundup: Field, Medical and Humanitarian Situation in #Daraya, Damascus
23/08/2013
***Headlines***
Fierce clashes on the southern front and in Aljamiaat area; FSA foils a regime attempt to advance; one tank damaged and a number of regime fighters killed; FSA gains arms and ammo; escalation in artillery, rocket and jetfighter shelling; 5 killed and dozens injured in shelling; helicopters and recon aircrafts conduct overflights; tight siege and appalling humanitarian situation
*** Recent developments on the ground***
Fierce fighting broke out between the FSA and Assad’s forces along the southern front and in Aljamiaat area in the northwest. FSA fighters succeeded in thwarting an attempt by regime fighters to infiltrate Aljamiaat front as they damaged one of the attacking tanks. A number of regime fighters including an officer were killed while the FSA suffered no losses. There was also an escalation in artillery and rocket shelling from the Fourth Division Mountains and from checkpoints and barracks surrounding the city. Military jetfighters launched two airstrikes against the city causing vast destruction in civilian neighbourhoods and killing 4 civilians including 2 children and a young man. Yesterday Omar Abu Asim was killed in action
***Fallen heroes***
Omar Abu Asim, killed in action
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241693249288520
Wael Daghmoush killed in the airstrikes
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241773475947164
Husam Matar, killed in the airstrikes
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241772899280555
Children Ayham and Muhammad Sarhan, killed in the airstrikes
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241771599280685
*** Humanitarian situation***
Battles, shelling and siege have only made the situation in Daraya worse. The city is completely deprived from all life necessities such as electricity, communications, drinking water, flour, and medical supplies for the city’s field hospitals.
***Videos and photos ***
Photo taken during the most recent airstrike against the city
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241758675948644
Military fighters bomb the city and cause dense smoke
https://youtu.be/mUniYkHh7FA
Daraya 23/08/2013 intense shelling
https://youtu.be/pWbbwBsTb80
Daraya: Violent and indiscriminate shelling against the city’s neighbourhoods
https://youtu.be/ei2yODzATiE
Daraya: fierce clashes as tanks attempt to storm the city
https://youtu.be/wdeKLlPkd3s
Daraya 23/08/2013 Shelling from Fourth Division Mountains against Daraya and Muaddamiya
https://youtu.be/rkaIhKVge08
Smoke billowing in the aftermath of shelling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_D8F7y_eIM
Daraya: Smoke caused by military jetfighters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwDFpAHLAVY
Monitoring the firing of rockets towards the city from Fourth Division Mountains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeRgiTUkyFc
Daraya 23/08/2013: casualties including children in the field hospital after a regime airstrike
https://youtu.be/I2MVCcw2faw
Important video: victims of chemical attacks on Muaddamiya telling their eye-witness accounts
Part 1 https://youtu.be/2DCpxpgvKjE
Part 2 https://youtu.be/yxfAqfvj_Qo
Part 3 https://youtu.be/3qeICYyCILo
On the first anniversary of the great Daraya Massacre, a campaign entitled ‘Daraya, the road to Syria’
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241792539278591
#Daily_News_Roundup: Field, Medical and Humanitarian Situation in #Daraya, Damascus
23/08/2013
***Headlines***
Fierce clashes on the southern front and in Aljamiaat area; FSA foils a regime attempt to advance; one tank damaged and a number of regime fighters killed; FSA gains arms and ammo; escalation in artillery, rocket and jetfighter shelling; 5 killed and dozens injured in shelling; helicopters and recon aircrafts conduct overflights; tight siege and appalling humanitarian situation
*** Recent developments on the ground***
Fierce fighting broke out between the FSA and Assad’s forces along the southern front and in Aljamiaat area in the northwest. FSA fighters succeeded in thwarting an attempt by regime fighters to infiltrate Aljamiaat front as they damaged one of the attacking tanks. A number of regime fighters including an officer were killed while the FSA suffered no losses. There was also an escalation in artillery and rocket shelling from the Fourth Division Mountains and from checkpoints and barracks surrounding the city. Military jetfighters launched two airstrikes against the city causing vast destruction in civilian neighbourhoods and killing 4 civilians including 2 children and a young man. Yesterday Omar Abu Asim was killed in action
***Fallen heroes***
Omar Abu Asim, killed in action
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241693249288520
Wael Daghmoush killed in the airstrikes
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241773475947164
Husam Matar, killed in the airstrikes
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241772899280555
Children Ayham and Muhammad Sarhan, killed in the airstrikes
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241771599280685
*** Humanitarian situation***
Battles, shelling and siege have only made the situation in Daraya worse. The city is completely deprived from all life necessities such as electricity, communications, drinking water, flour, and medical supplies for the city’s field hospitals.
***Videos and photos ***
Photo taken during the most recent airstrike against the city
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241758675948644
Military fighters bomb the city and cause dense smoke
https://youtu.be/mUniYkHh7FA
Daraya 23/08/2013 intense shelling
https://youtu.be/pWbbwBsTb80
Daraya: Violent and indiscriminate shelling against the city’s neighbourhoods
https://youtu.be/ei2yODzATiE
Daraya: fierce clashes as tanks attempt to storm the city
https://youtu.be/wdeKLlPkd3s
Daraya 23/08/2013 Shelling from Fourth Division Mountains against Daraya and Muaddamiya
https://youtu.be/rkaIhKVge08
Smoke billowing in the aftermath of shelling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_D8F7y_eIM
Daraya: Smoke caused by military jetfighters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwDFpAHLAVY
Monitoring the firing of rockets towards the city from Fourth Division Mountains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeRgiTUkyFc
Daraya 23/08/2013: casualties including children in the field hospital after a regime airstrike
https://youtu.be/I2MVCcw2faw
Important video: victims of chemical attacks on Muaddamiya telling their eye-witness accounts
Part 1 https://youtu.be/2DCpxpgvKjE
Part 2 https://youtu.be/yxfAqfvj_Qo
Part 3 https://youtu.be/3qeICYyCILo
On the first anniversary of the great Daraya Massacre, a campaign entitled ‘Daraya, the road to Syria’
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=241792539278591