#Daily_News_Roundup: Field, Medical and Humanitarian Situation in #Daraya, Damascus
08/10/2013
***Headlines***
Fierce clashes on the eastern front while other fronts remain calm; heavy artillery shelling against several areas; warplane and helicopter overflights; siege continues causing acute shortages in all necessities of life
*** Recent developments on the ground***
The city of Daraya was shelled today by tanks and mortar. The shelling targeted the western area and the Old Corniche. Meanwhile, clashes broke out along the Old Corniche. Meanwhile relative calm dominated the remaining fronts.
Regime warplanes and helicopters conducted overflights over the city. Warplanes also raided and bombed the neighbouring city of 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.
***HQ videos ***
Daraya 08/10/2013: Tanks shelling targets the Old Corniche
https://youtu.be/A0ytC_8gqCI
Daraya 08/10/2013: Tanks shelling targets the Old Corniche Part 2
https://youtu.be/bZu22KivetM
Daraya 08/10/2013: helicopters take off from Al-Mazzeh Airport and fly over Daraya
https://youtu.be/DyzvoblyKiI
Daraya 08/10/2013: black smoke billowing from a burning house in the Corniche area
https://youtu.be/Fe2wLa6BKGU
08/10/2013: Airstrike against the city of #Muaddamiya
https://youtu.be/dTYmiMZ5FlY
08/10/2013: Dense some billowing from a neighbourhood in southern Damascus in the aftermath of an airstrike
https://youtu.be/kxRpQ1emIbE
Photo: Daraya, near the alleged Sukaina ‘Shrine’
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=250139328443912
Photo: a column of smoke billowing from a neighbourhood in southern Damascus in the aftermath of an airstrike
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=250120655112446
The vineyards and orchards of Daraya still full of life even in the most horrific conditions
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=250087821782396
08/10/2013
***Headlines***
Fierce clashes on the eastern front while other fronts remain calm; heavy artillery shelling against several areas; warplane and helicopter overflights; siege continues causing acute shortages in all necessities of life
*** Recent developments on the ground***
The city of Daraya was shelled today by tanks and mortar. The shelling targeted the western area and the Old Corniche. Meanwhile, clashes broke out along the Old Corniche. Meanwhile relative calm dominated the remaining fronts.
Regime warplanes and helicopters conducted overflights over the city. Warplanes also raided and bombed the neighbouring city of 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.
***HQ videos ***
Daraya 08/10/2013: Tanks shelling targets the Old Corniche
https://youtu.be/A0ytC_8gqCI
Daraya 08/10/2013: Tanks shelling targets the Old Corniche Part 2
https://youtu.be/bZu22KivetM
Daraya 08/10/2013: helicopters take off from Al-Mazzeh Airport and fly over Daraya
https://youtu.be/DyzvoblyKiI
Daraya 08/10/2013: black smoke billowing from a burning house in the Corniche area
https://youtu.be/Fe2wLa6BKGU
08/10/2013: Airstrike against the city of #Muaddamiya
https://youtu.be/dTYmiMZ5FlY
08/10/2013: Dense some billowing from a neighbourhood in southern Damascus in the aftermath of an airstrike
https://youtu.be/kxRpQ1emIbE
Photo: Daraya, near the alleged Sukaina ‘Shrine’
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=250139328443912
Photo: a column of smoke billowing from a neighbourhood in southern Damascus in the aftermath of an airstrike
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=250120655112446
The vineyards and orchards of Daraya still full of life even in the most horrific conditions
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=250087821782396