Local Council of the City of Qatana / Media Bureau Daily News Roundup of events in and around the city of Qatana for Monday, Thilhijah 16/ 1434 corresponding to October 21, 2013
Qatana:
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A house in the neighborhood of Almaarah was raidedin the morning, followed by the deployment of the Assad gangs in the afternoon near a sawmill in Alberkeh, where two elderly men were arrested. A few bursts of shooting were heard in the Almaarah neighborhood. Electrical current was cut off for several hours during the day. Assad gangs demolished a house in the area of Ain Sultan yesterday, in light of the persistent Assadi 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 Eshieh:
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The camp enjoyed a relatively calm morning, where sounds of intermittent shelling in the vicinity of the camp were heard. Then shelling on certain areas inside the camp, in the surrounding of Nestle and liberated battalion resumed in the afternoon. The news of the martyrdom of the commander of a battalion operating in the region, Mujahid Mustafa Abdul Karim Zhori, Abu AlHassan due to the constant bombardment of the town. The road to Drousha and to the camp has still been blocked for the third consecutive month by Brigade 68 checkpoint. Photos show the effects of the bombing on the civilians' houses: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.675676272442667.1073741950.361033920573572&type=1 Alkisweh and the surrounding areas:
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Altaibeh: The town announced the martyrdom of two people and dozens of wounded in addition to massive destruction in the homes of civilians as a result of the campaign that targeted the town during the night.
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Qatana:
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A house in the neighborhood of Almaarah was raidedin the morning, followed by the deployment of the Assad gangs in the afternoon near a sawmill in Alberkeh, where two elderly men were arrested. A few bursts of shooting were heard in the Almaarah neighborhood. Electrical current was cut off for several hours during the day. Assad gangs demolished a house in the area of Ain Sultan yesterday, in light of the persistent Assadi 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 Eshieh:
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The camp enjoyed a relatively calm morning, where sounds of intermittent shelling in the vicinity of the camp were heard. Then shelling on certain areas inside the camp, in the surrounding of Nestle and liberated battalion resumed in the afternoon. The news of the martyrdom of the commander of a battalion operating in the region, Mujahid Mustafa Abdul Karim Zhori, Abu AlHassan due to the constant bombardment of the town. The road to Drousha and to the camp has still been blocked for the third consecutive month by Brigade 68 checkpoint. Photos show the effects of the bombing on the civilians' houses: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.675676272442667.1073741950.361033920573572&type=1 Alkisweh and the surrounding areas:
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Altaibeh: The town announced the martyrdom of two people and dozens of wounded in addition to massive destruction in the homes of civilians as a result of the campaign that targeted the town during the night.
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