Monday 22 October 2012
October 23, 2012 by sks
Filed under News, Syrian Revolution
Violence is not improving the situation in Syria
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Final death toll for Monday 22/10/12: More than 130 Syrians were killed. The dead include: 61 unarmed civilians (including 8 children), 31 rebel fighters, 1 defected soldier, 1 defected major, 7 unidentified martyrs, 3 unidentified fighters, and at least 37 regime forces.61 Unarmed civilians:
- In Reef Dimashq 25 were killed. 5 civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed by bombardment and gunfire in the Harasta town. 1 was killed by bombardment on the Daraya city. 9 civilians, including 2 children, an unidentified man, and a woman, were killed by bombardment on the Outaya town of Reef Dimashq. 2 civilians, from the Ma’adamiya town, were found dead after their detainment by a military checkpoint in the town. A man, from the city of Duma, died of wounds he received by torture during his imprisonment in the Syrian regime prisons. 4 civilians, including a child, were shot by sniper in the towns of Duma, A’rbeen, and al-Zabadani. 2 civilians, one of them was unidentified, were shot by regime forces in the towns of Yalda and Qara. A man, from the Misraba town, was shot by regime forces in Damascus city.
-In Aleppo Province 10 were killed. 2, including a child died due to wounds they received during bombardment on the Furdos and Masaken Hanano neighbourhoods. 3, including a child were killed by bombardment on the Masaken Hanano, al-Kalasa, and Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhoods. 3 civilians, including a child, were shot by sniper in the A’miriya and Bab Antakia neighbourhood. 1 unidentified corpses was found in the Salah al-Deen neighbourhood. In Reef Aleppo, a civilian, from the Hayan town of Reef Aleppo, was found dead.
-In Dera’a Province 5 were killed. A child was killed by bombardment on the Mzeireb town, at midnight of Sunday-Monday. 4 men were summarily executed in the town of Busra al-Sham, according to activists from the area.
-In Deir Izzor Province 7 were killed. 1 civilian was tortured to death after his earlier detainment by regime forces in the Buqrus town of Reef Deir Izzor. 5 were killed by bombardment on the Hseiniya village of Reef Deir Izzor. A man was shot by regime forces in the Deir Izzor city.
-In Hama Province 4 were killed. A woman died, effected by injuries she received during bombardment on the village of al-Hamidiya in Reef Hama, before yesterday. A civilian, from the Abi al-Fida’ suburb of Hama city, was tortured to death after his detainment by regime forces. 1 was shot by sniper in the Hama city. 1 was killed by bombardment on the Sarmaniya village of Reef Hama.
-In Tartus Province 1 was tortured to death after being detained by regime forces in Banyas city.
-In Homs Province a young man was killed when shells fell on the neighbourhoods of Homs al-Qadeema (old Homs).
-In Damascus 2 were killed. A woman, from the Jobar neighbourhood, was killed by bombardment on the Barza neighbourhood. An unidentified civilian was found dead in the neighbourhood of al-Qadam.
31 Rebel fighters:
- In Reef Dimashq 9 rebel fighters were killed. 4 were killed during clashes with regime forces in the Harasta town. 5 were killed during clashes with regime forces in the Douma city and the towns of Madaya and A’rtuz.
- In Idlib province 9 rebel fighters were killed. 6 were killed during clashes with regime forces in Reef M’aret al-Nu’man and the towns of Harem and Jusr al-Shughur. 3 died of wounds they received earlier during clashes with regime forces in the Harem town and Reef M’aret al-Nu’man.
-In Homs Province 4 rebel fighters were killed. 3, from the Qseir city, were killed, one of them during clashes with regime forces, and the other 2 during clashes with regime forces. 1, in the Talbeesa town, was killed while testing a locally made rocket.
-In Aleppo Province 7 fighters were killed. 4 fighters were killed during clashes with regime forces in the city of Aleppo. 3 were killed during clashes in the Hayan town of Reef Aleppo.
-In Dera’a Province 1 rebel fighter was killed during regime forces’ bombardment on the Tafas town.
-In Deir Izzor Province a fighter, from the Khareeta town of Reef Deir Izzor, was killed during clashes with regime forces.
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-A defected soldier was killed during clashes with regime forces in Reef Dimashq. A defected Major was killed during clashes with regime forces in Reef Aleppo.
-3 unidentified fighters, including a rebel leader, were killed during clashes in the perimeters of the Wadi al-Dayf encampment in Reef Ma’arat al-Nu’man of Idlib Province.
-News were received about 5 deaths by sniper fire in the Bab Jneen neighbourhood of Aleppo city, the discovery of 7 unidentified cuffed corpses, shot, near the Sanamein town of Reef Dera’a, and 8 death by gunfire and bombardment on Reef Dimashq.
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-Not less than 37 regime forces were killed in several Syrian Provinces: 17 Idlib, 2 Dera’a, 6 Aleppo, 3 Homs, 2 Hama, and 7 in Reef Dimashq.
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Haytham Manna: Violence and Democratic Perspectives in Syria: http://supportkurds.org/reports/haytham-manna-violence-and-democratic-perspectives-in-syria
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NOW! Lebanon
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19:51 The United Nations has made plans to assemble a peacekeeping force for Syria if a ceasefire proposed by a special envoy takes hold, a top UN official said Monday.
19:44 Syrian forces shelled the neighborhood of Al-Arabaeen in Daraa, Al-Arabiya quoted activists as saying.
18:48 Monday’s death toll in Syria has increased to 89, Al-Arabiya quoted activists as saying.
17:48 Eight people were killed in the town of Huseiniyeh in Deir az-Zour, including women and children, Al-Jazeera quoted activists as saying.
16:43 The European Broadcasting Union on Monday deplored what it called targeted jamming of EU and US satellite news services in parts of the Middle East, blaming Syria and Iran for the meddling.
16:21 A top-level Vatican peace mission to Syria will take place ”as soon as possible” but may be delayed by recent events, spokesperson Federico Lombardi said Monday.
16:16 The Free Syrian Army clashed with regime forces in the town of Al-Ali Bajieh in Reqqah province, Al-Jazeera reported.
15:41 A Jordanian soldier was killed before dawn on Monday in a clash with militants trying to cross the border into neighboring Syria, the Information and Culture Minister Samih Maaytah told AFP.
14:26 Syrian rebels took over an army checkpoint in the Homs area of Soueid, activists reported.
13:55 Syria’s death toll increased to 66 people, most of them were killed in the Damascus district, activists reported.
13:50 A Syrian army pilot defects and lands with helicopter in a refugee camp in Jordan, activists reported.
13:27 The Syrian army’s shelling of Damascus has killed 15 people so far, activists reported.
12:42 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov arrived in Tehran on Monday to discuss the crisis in mutual ally Syria with Iranian officials, Fars news agency reported.
10:49 Hopes of a ceasefire being implemented in war-torn Syria during the upcoming Muslim Eid holidays are “slim,” the Arab League’s Deputy Secretary General Ahmed Ben Helli told AFP on Monday.
10:44 Syrian troops pounded rebels in northern Syria and Damascus province before dawn on Monday, while fierce fighting broke out in Aleppo and the capital, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
9:32 After months of fighting without pay, Syrian rebels in Aleppo are receiving their first salaries, paid with money commanders say is at least in part provided by foreign states.
9:06 Successive explosions rocked the Daraa area of Al-Harra, activists reported.
8:35 Residents of the Homs town of Al-Houla call on humanitarian organizations and the International Committee of the Red Cross Commission to help them, activists reported.
7:36 Syrian regime forces have killed at least 11 people on Monday, activists reported.
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Reuters: Syria rebels pessimistic on mediator’s ceasefire plan
Guardian: Syrian rebels besiege government forces near the Turkish border
