Saturday 20 October 2012
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Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Second preliminary death toll for Saturday 20/10/12. More than 110 Syrians were killed so far today. The dead include: 27 unarmed civilians (5 children), 31 rebel fighters, 6 unidentified insurgents, 5 unidentified civilians, 3 defected personnel, and no less than 37 regime forces. 27 Unarmed Civilians:
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31 Rebel Fighters:
- In Reef Dimashq 15 rebel fighters were killed. 6 rebel fighters were killed in the Harasta city, 1 died of wounds by shrapnel from bombardment, 5 were shot by regime sniper men. 6 rebel fighters were killed during clashes with regime forces in the surroundings of A’rbin town. 2 rebels were killed by the bombardment on Yalda. 1 by regime fire in Douma.
- In Idlib province 4 rebel fighters were killed. 1 from the Kafrlata town was killed during clashes with regime forces in Aleppo. 1 died of wounds he received earlier in the Saraqeb city. 1 was killed during clashes with regime forces in the perimeter of the Wadi al-Deif encampment. A rebel fighter was killed during clashes with regime forces in the Bsida village.
- In Homs province 7 rebel fighters were killed. A rebel commander was killed during clashes with regime forces in the neighbourhoods of Homs al-Qadima (Old Homs). 4 rebel fighters from the Talbisa town were killed during clashes with regime forces by the al-Ikarda military checkpoint of Reef Aleppo. 2 rebels were killed by clashes in Reef al-Qseir.
- In Aleppo province 5 rebel fighters were killed. 4 during clashes with regime forces in the perimeter of the “46″ military division of western Reef Aleppo. A rebel leader was shot by a sniper in aleppo city.
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5 unidentified insurgents were killed: 2 rebel fighters were killed during clashes with regime forces by the al-Ikarda military checkpoint of Reef Aleppo. 3 rebel fighters were killed during clashes with regime forces in the Harem town and Reef M’aret al-Nu’man of Reef Idlib.
4 unidentified civilians were killed by bombardment on the Qastal al-Mesht neighbourhood of Aleppo city. 2 unidentified bodies were pulled out of the rubble in the town of Saqba, which suffered violent bombardment yesterday.
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A defected lieutenant was killed during clashes with regime forces in Reef Homs. A defected soldier was killed during clashes with regime forces in Reef Dimashq. A defected police officer was shot by a sniper in Reef Dera’a.
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At least 37 regime forces were killed by gunshots and clashes in several provinces: 8 killed in Idlib, 2 Dera’a, 4 Reef Dimashq, 7 Aleppo, 3 Homs, 4 Deir Izzour, 6 Reef Dimashq, and 3 in Raqqah province.
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NOW! Lebanon
[local time] 
22:43 A video purportedly filmed on Friday shows a member of the Free Syria Army and a captured shabiha member. The footage shows the shabiha member saying that they were provided with support by the Syrian regime and that Hezbollah members were given orders to kill Sunni civilians in Syria.
21:30 Big explosions rocked several neighborhoods in Damascus, Al-Arabiya quoted activists as saying.
21:26 Heavy shelling struck Dael in Daraa, Al-Arabiya quoted activists as saying.
21:23 Clashes erupted in the Tishrine and Barzeh neighborhoods of Damascus, Al-Arabiya quoted activists as saying.
20:15 Indiscriminate shelling hits Syria’s Maarat al-Naaman, Al-Arabiya quoted activists as saying.
18:42 Saturday’s death toll in Syria has risen to 80 people, Al-Arabiya television quoted activists as saying.
17:07 The rebel Free Syrian Army overtook a third police station in the town of Al-Boukamal near the border with Iraq, Al-Jazeera quoted activists as saying.
16:59 Saturday’s death toll in Syria has risen to 76 people, Al-Arabiya television quoted activists as saying.
16:47 Saturday’s death toll in Syria has reached 56 people killed by Syrian regime forces, Al-Arabiya quoted activists as saying.
15:24 A video purportedly filmed on Saturday shows members of the rebel Free Syrian Army announcing the establishment of a brigade operating in Damascus bearing the name of Lebanese Internal Security Forces’ intelligence chief Wissam Hassan who was killed in car bomb in Beirut’s Ashrafieh. The video shows a rebel saying that Hassan “is one the [Syrian] revolution’s heros,” adding that the slain Lebanese official “is a new martyr for the freedom of the Syrian and Lebanese people.”
14:53 Saturday’s death toll in Syria has risen to 43 people, Al-Arabiya television quoted activists as saying.
11:38 Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will on Saturday press Damascus for a truce to break the cycle of bloodshed, as Lebanon’s opposition blamed President Bashar al-Assad for a deadly Beirut bombing.
9:45 Syrian security forces killed 30 people on Saturday, Al-Arabiya quoted activists as saying.
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Reuters: Lebanon to bury slain intelligence official
BEIRUT – Lebanon’s political opposition has called for a mass turnout at Sunday’s funeral for slain intelligence officer Wissam al-Hassan, turning the ceremony into a political rally against Syrian authorities and Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
Syria envoy presses Damascus for ceasefire: DAMASCUS – International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi met Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem in Damascus on Saturday, pressing for a brief ceasefire between President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebels seeking his overthrow. | Video
