As Assad forces continue to seek salvation through bloodletting, protesters rely on sheer defiance and continued commitment to nonviolence, managing to reenergize their 9-weeks long movement.

Friday 20, 2011

44 dead and dozens wounded in the largest day of protest yet, with death toll expected to rise as more communities send their reports.

Damascus & Suburbs, Hama & Suburbs, Homs & Suburbs, Idlib & Suburbs, Deraa & Suburbs, Alboukamal, Deir Ezzor, Raqqah, Qamishly, Amudeh, Kobani Banyas and Jableh among others, all took part in the protests.

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Did Obama's Speech Give Syria's Assad a Breather?

The lack of any obvious opposition alternative to Assad limits what Western governments, including the U.S, can do, says Ammar Abdulhamid, a prominent U.S-based Syrian dissident. "We do want [Obama] to call on Assad to step down at one point soon, but that's not going to happen until Syrian opposition and activists get together and formulate a viable alternative to manage the transitional period. Only then can we expect world leaders to be more forthcoming in their calls on Assad to step down."

Syrian troops fire on protesters, 34 killed

A day after President Obama pressed Syria to end brutal attacks on pro-democracy demonstrators, Bashar Assad's forces continue their violent crackdown. Activists work to broaden the movement by bringing in Kurds.

Syria protests regain momentum, draw fire

The resilience of the protests seemed to surprise even the activists themselves. The message delivered at many of the demonstrations, from Damascus, the capital, to the distant east, to towns that had been the target of ferocious repression, was that the killing of hundreds and detention of thousands would not stifle opposition to four decades of authoritarian rule.

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Back to the Beginning!

Damascus Videos

Bab Sreejeh (Old Damascus): “the people want to topple the regime”

Saqba: the whole town was out chanting “We are going to Paradise as millions of martyrs” “the people want to topple the regime” “Bye, bye, Bashar, sweet dreams”

Saqba: army troops pour into the streets

Saqba: security officers chant “Abu Hafiz” “We sacrifice our blood and soul for you Bashar”

Harasta: security checkpoints all over town prior to Friday prayers

Darayyah: “Raise your voice, it’s a revolution until death”

Darayyah: protesters come under fire as they chant “the people want to topple the regime”

Darayyah: security forces take the streets and begin arresting protesters

Darayyah: Back and forth between Darayyah protesters (armed with rocks) and security officers (armed with guns)

Darayyah: protesters return to the streets in the evening, chanting: “We’re going to Paradise, as millions of martyrs”

Darayyah: nightly protest. Protesters chant “our revolution is quite fine”

Darayyah: nighttime funeral. Chant: “the people want to topple the regime”

Qaboun: “leave, leave” “the people want to topple the regime”

Qaboun: “security forces pour into the streets chanting Abou Hafiz (Bashar’s nickname) and “Where are the traitors”

Qaboun: army troops arresting and beating protesters

Qaboun: security troops pouring into the streets

Qaboun: despite the daytime crackdown, people pour into the streets at night chanting “we will write on our flag that Bashar has betrayed the homeland”

Jdeidat Artouz: “Leave us and take your party with you”

Qatana: “O informant leave Syria, leave Qatana”

Qatana: “Freedom is at the Gate” “We’re now focused on you Bashar” “the people want to topple the regime”

Qatana: “the people want a new president” “Bashar you coward, send your dogs to the Golan”

Abou Ayyoub Al-Ansari Mosque: “Freedom, Freedom” “the Syrian people ware one”

Al-Dhaibeh Mosque (Old Damascus): despite the small size of the demonstration, protesters still chant: “the people want to topple the regime,” after all, “God is greater than the oppressor.”

Barzeh Al-Balad: army troops pour into the streets

Kisweh: “Leave us and take your party with you” “the people want to topple the regime”

Zabadani:a nightly demonstration: “the people want to topple the regime”

Ruknaddine: protesters chant “Azadi, Azadi”

Idlib Videos

Idlib City

Jarjanaz

Bench: “the people want to topple the regime”

Bench: a martyr

Kafar Nabol: Protesters carry signs in Arabic and English, and chant “Syria, Syria”

Kafar Nabol: “the people want to topple the regime”

Jisr Ashoughour: “We will support you until death, o Deraa (Talbisseh, etc.)”

Jisr Ashoughour: members of the Baath resign publicly

Mouarrat Al-Nouman: protesters hold funerals for two of their colleagues, and chant “the people want to topple the regime”

Mouarrat Al-Nouman: Security forces in action

Mouarrat Al-Nouman: Security forces fire on the protesters, wounding many.

Qamishly & Kurdish Areas Videos

Qamishly: Security forces raid the headquarters of the Assyrian Democratic Organization, a local Christian organization that has been part of the Syrian opposition movement for over a decade and who took part in organizing the protests in Qamishly, confiscating all files and electronic equipment

Qamishly: “the people want to topple the regime” “the Syrian people are one”

Amudeh: Kurdish protesters chant Azadi while carrying signs saying “No Dialog with Tanks”

Kobani / Ain Al-Arab: “One Hand” “God, Syria, Freedom”

Homs Videos

Bab Al-Sibaa & Karam Al-Shami: protesters from two neighborhoods converge, and immediately begin chanting: “the people want to topple the regime” “Long live Syria, Down with Bashar Al-Assad”

Bab Al-Sibaa: protesters come under fire but they keep chanting “the people want to topple the regime”

Madrasat Khadijah: “No rule lasts forever, O Bashar Al-Assad” “the people want to topple the regime”

Protesters carry banner declaring the “demise” of the Arab League

Suq Al-Hasheesh: “the people want to topple the regime” “Leave, leave”

Bab Amr: “He who kills his own people is a traitor” “We will be victorious”

Bab Amr: protesters come under fire as they chant “the people want to topple the regime,” one of them gets wounded and is rushed to the hospital.

Homs / Bayadah Neighborhood

Inshaat: “the people want to topple the regime”

Al-Qarabees: “the people want to topple the regime”

Al-Wa’er: protesters call on bystanders to join them chanting: “Why are you afraid, God is with us”

Hola: a protesters carries a note in Russian saying: “Mr. Medvedev, I beg your pardon, but the Syrian people want freedom”

Hola: “God Almighty smite Bashar and Maher” “We don’t want dialog, we want you to leave, o Bashar”

Al-Qseir: “Long live Syria, down with Bashar Al-Assad” “God is Greater than the oppressor” “the people want to topple the regime”

Al-Qseir: the protest carried into the night, as men and women chant “Murderer son of a murderer”

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