Local Council of the City of Qatana /
Media Bureau Daily News Roundup of events in and around the city of Qatana for Thursday,
Thilhijah 12/ 1434 corresponding to October 17, 2013 The third day of AlAdha ( sacrifice) Festival: 

Qatana:
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The city enjoyed the third day of blessed Eid AlAdha relatively peacefully, which was interrupted by the deployment of Assad Gangs in the vicinity of Mariam Bint Omran Mosque. Two cases of arrest were reported, of which one was released, in the light of persistent Asadi occupation of the city by fixed checkpoints and earth mounds . Closure of the road across Moadamiyah and leaving one way out through Sabourah has been resumed. Sounds of artillery heavy shelling from the surrounding Barracks targeting the neighboring areas were heard shaking the city as usual in the evening.

Khan Esheih:
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Both Sharaf Street and Fatima Street were exposed to rocket launching last night. while the camp and its surroundings enjoyed a relatively quiet day marked by the fall of shells on the eastern Farms of Khan Esheih in the direction of Nestle street . The road to Drousha and to the camp has still been blocked for the third consecutive month by Brigade 68 checkpoint. Picture showing the effects of the bombing on the eastern neighbourhood.

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Alderkhabiyah:
----------------- A woman was killed and a girl was slightly injured by the barbaric bombing of the town today. Sounds of heavy shooting in the vicinity of Alderkhabiyah checkpoint were also heard in the evening.

Zakieh:
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A banner from Zakieh demonstrating Eid( The feast) in Syria ! 

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Hermon Mountain villages:
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The towns of
Beit Jenn and the farm of Beit Jenn were exposed to heavy shelling , and no injuries, thank God, were reported.