#Daily_News_Roundup: Field, Medical and Humanitarian Situation in #Daraya, Damascus
18/09/2013
***Headlines***
Artillery shelling against #Daraya and #Muaddamiya; clashes on Muaddamiya’s northern front and calm on Daraya’s fronts; warplane and helicopter overflights; tight siege continues causing acute shortages in basic necessities
*** Recent developments on the ground***
Since the beginning to the current campaign, Daraya’s neighbourhoods and combat fronts have been subject to daily artillery and rocket shelling. Today, the city was shelled intermittently by artillery and mortar. The combat fronts of the city witnessed cautious calm interrupted by skirmishes and sniper operations.
The city of Muaddamiya was shelled by heavy artillery and tank shells. The shelling targeted residential areas and concentrated on the western and northern fronts where clashes continue to be fought between FSA fighters and the regime forces attempting unsuccessfully to advance. Regime helicopters and warplanes conducted overflights over Daraya and Muaddamiya.
*** Humanitarian situation***
After 10 months of tight siege on the two neighbouring cities of Daraya and Muaddamiya, the need is ever more urgent for essential supplies like food, medicine and even potable water. All power, communications and internet services have also been cut off.
The displaced people from both cities continue to suffer in the western suburbs of Damascus due to continual shelling, security forces harassment, and arrest campaigns launched by regime forces. Inside Damascus, security forces are cracking down on most displaced people especially those who come from Daraya or Muaddamiya.
***Videos and links ***
Muaddamiya 18/09/2013: Shuhada Al Islam Brigade engaged in sniper operations against regime forces
https://youtu.be/92T8zUx8_rY
Daraya 18/09/2013: A video showing a rocket fired from Muaddamiya Mountains hitting its target in Daraya
https://youtu.be/DBMl2UetiJM
Daraya 18/09/2013: Artillery shelling continues to hit most areas
https://youtu.be/R4Lo40KvuOg
Daraya 18/09/2013: vast destruction in residential buildings caused by Assad’s killing machines
https://youtu.be/SjPcwUCEwzs
18/09/2013
***Headlines***
Artillery shelling against #Daraya and #Muaddamiya; clashes on Muaddamiya’s northern front and calm on Daraya’s fronts; warplane and helicopter overflights; tight siege continues causing acute shortages in basic necessities
*** Recent developments on the ground***
Since the beginning to the current campaign, Daraya’s neighbourhoods and combat fronts have been subject to daily artillery and rocket shelling. Today, the city was shelled intermittently by artillery and mortar. The combat fronts of the city witnessed cautious calm interrupted by skirmishes and sniper operations.
The city of Muaddamiya was shelled by heavy artillery and tank shells. The shelling targeted residential areas and concentrated on the western and northern fronts where clashes continue to be fought between FSA fighters and the regime forces attempting unsuccessfully to advance. Regime helicopters and warplanes conducted overflights over Daraya and Muaddamiya.
*** Humanitarian situation***
After 10 months of tight siege on the two neighbouring cities of Daraya and Muaddamiya, the need is ever more urgent for essential supplies like food, medicine and even potable water. All power, communications and internet services have also been cut off.
The displaced people from both cities continue to suffer in the western suburbs of Damascus due to continual shelling, security forces harassment, and arrest campaigns launched by regime forces. Inside Damascus, security forces are cracking down on most displaced people especially those who come from Daraya or Muaddamiya.
***Videos and links ***
Muaddamiya 18/09/2013: Shuhada Al Islam Brigade engaged in sniper operations against regime forces
https://youtu.be/92T8zUx8_rY
Daraya 18/09/2013: A video showing a rocket fired from Muaddamiya Mountains hitting its target in Daraya
https://youtu.be/DBMl2UetiJM
Daraya 18/09/2013: Artillery shelling continues to hit most areas
https://youtu.be/R4Lo40KvuOg
Daraya 18/09/2013: vast destruction in residential buildings caused by Assad’s killing machines
https://youtu.be/SjPcwUCEwzs