The
Syrian Revolution is settling into a longer term- phenomenon, and people have
to expect ups-and-downs in terms of its intensity levels and demonstrations size,
even as the crackdown gets more and more violent and the daily death toll gets
higher.
Saturday September 17,
2011
50+ protesters were
killed on Friday in protests throughout the country in Idlib, Hama, Homs,
Deraa/Hauran, Damascus and Deir Ezzor. There were also reports of mass arrests
and mass defections in Deraa/Hauran, Deir Ezzor and a number of Damascene
suburbs. On Saturday 9 more protesters were reported killed including 3 in the
town of Khan Shaikhoon in the Idlib Province.
Links
The Guillotine
The
Syrian Revolution is settling into a longer term- phenomenon, and people have
to expect ups-and-downs in terms of its intensity levels and demonstrations size,
even as the crackdown gets more and more violent and the daily death toll gets
higher. If anything, the Syrian Revolution is being transformed into an actual revolution
that carries with it the promise and willingness to replace the ancien
regime in its entirety. The pragmatic longing of erstwhile days that would have
settled for a Tunisian or an Egyptian scenario are gone forever. Those who
would endorse such scenarios and those who agree to dialog with the regime will
from now on be looked on as traitors. Those who would try to ride the wave and
appoint themselves as trustees over the revolution will soon be spit out or
trampled underfoot. For now we enter the radical phase. Ideologies will soon
flourish, and compromises will be harder to reach, even between the
revolutionaries, pragmatism is now more necessary and harder to attain. This
might prolong the life of the regime only to seal its fate in a more dramatic
if not violent manner when the moment comes. The Rule of Guillotine,
figuratively and perhaps not so figuratively, is fast approaching.
An Interesting Gaffe
"The
revolution in Syria is still on the fringes," said Imad Moustapha,
Damascus's representative to Washington. "It has not touched most of Syria…
It's in the mosques and the small towns."
I
think this constitutes the first official confirmation by an Assad apparatchik
that an actual “revolution” is underway in the country. And when Assad’s
official representative in Washington D.C. is willing to go on record on this,
the phenomenon must be too big to deny.
Congress & the Syrian Revolution
CQ
TODAY ONLINE NEWS – FOREIGN POLICY (Sept. 16, 2011 – 8:37 p.m.)
Momentum
Wanes for Strong Legislative Response to Situation in Syria
By
Emily Cadei, CQ Staff (link unavailable, because CQ.com requires subscription)
“The
anti-government protests in «Syria» appear to be losing momentum, and so do
lawmakers’ efforts to increase pressure on Syria’s government. Both houses of
Congress have introduced legislation that would tighten sanctions against the
Syrian regime. The Senate also has a resolution (S Res 180) pending that
expresses support for peaceful protests in «Syria» and condemns the human
rights violations being committed by autocrat Bashar al-Assad’s regime. But the
resolution has been held up for more than four months by Rand Paul, R-Ky., as
Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., revealed last week.”
We
understand the pressures Congress is under and the concerns of some that
resolutions might pave the way for intervention, but the situation on the
ground in Syria is worsening by the day and Congressional resolution might
actually give the Obama Administration more tools to circumvent the need for
direct intervention. Don’t punish the Syrian population for the way the Libyan
situation was handled, especially seeing that we have already been punished for
the way the Iraq situation was handled.
Update on Councilmania
The
Antalya Group officially withdrew from the recently National Council, sighting
domination by one political current (Islamist) and failure to represent the
true diversity of the Syrian people. Reports also suggest that the Muslim
Brotherhood itself will also withdraw in the coming days, despite the fact that
some of its members have already taken place in the Council and are unlikely to
withdraw, a development that points to anew split in the group. Damascus
Declaration leaders inside Syria have not yet enunciated their position, and
the Local Coordination Committees are divided over the matter, and a decision
that does not reflect a consensus inside the group could cause further splits
in an already fragile institution. The opposition is successfully exporting its
divisions and divisiveness to the protesters. This has been its one and only
success over the last few months.
More Defections
Homs
– Bab Houd
dozens of soldiers defect after receiving orders to fire at unarmed protesters http://youtu.be/hubUSebxvJs The town of Basr
Al-Harir in Deraa/Hauran had also witnessed some defections on Friday as a
result of the bloody raid that left 6 dead http://youtu.be/2QTA4jd1IVY
In Douma defectors protected protesters from pro-Assad militias,
protesters can be heard hailing the defectors who can be seen shooting in the
opposite direction, that is, away from protesters (min 7) http://youtu.be/dI1fWyJA36A While some
defects, others torture (Idlib – Kafroumeh) http://youtu.be/pnYTsGUWKUg
HOMS
Homs City – Saturday – Daytime
Bayadeh a funeral http://youtu.be/rXJ76cmrymU
Baba Amr a children’s demonstration “No studying, no teaching, until the
President falls” http://youtu.be/GSj8kYLaiFk
, http://youtu.be/8mFgJHqTNGk
Homs City – Saturday – Nighttime
Khaldiyeh http://youtu.be/YM48-nXoexk
, http://youtu.be/-QTkDpT6zSk , http://youtu.be/2HBjPqC9cbY Insha’aat
“we won’t bow down” http://youtu.be/OTi4UeDSK-4
Baba Amr “Muslims and Christians, we want freedom” http://youtu.be/GiPAyMO9Uj0 , http://youtu.be/HCgiJ-ySkrM Qoussour
http://youtu.be/BI2W2IXtdN0 , http://youtu.be/vSyh5_SNH4w Bayadeh
http://youtu.be/jKCZ6OBv_6E , http://youtu.be/kAvae5Hmnps , http://youtu.be/_N9dMXHdc_k Qarabees
http://youtu.be/qPhD_tpTdR0 , http://youtu.be/zVFRHteLOdw Ghoutah
http://youtu.be/2jzQaDp0IBo Karm
Al-Shami http://youtu.be/i_4bRzmndDM
Wa’er http://youtu.be/cpPK94tJsjc
, http://youtu.be/D0x6H6dhy9s
Homs City – Friday – Daytime
Khaldiyeh thousands take to the streets http://youtu.be/rpfNW4P6zzU , http://youtu.be/NUe_P1U0w3k then come
under fire http://youtu.be/v4o4k5KRUTA
, http://youtu.be/0pBdkZ3EdPw , http://youtu.be/xjWNpWFVzKA Wa’er
http://youtu.be/f03tG9NE3TQ , http://youtu.be/hnnTdnushzE Bayadeh
http://youtu.be/-cUPegl6g8w , http://youtu.be/NnuXjpXSoS0 Bab Dreib
http://youtu.be/dMHBS-dNZlU Qoussour
http://youtu.be/nIeXMbhkguA , http://youtu.be/vBTO-Czzn7E Ghoutah
http://youtu.be/RBPuhwsHZ4w Jouret
el-Shayah http://youtu.be/LlzywlM4oKw
Shammas http://youtu.be/2UOyp2viliM
Baba Amr http://youtu.be/kcSIDYpzM4w
Karm Al-Zeitun http://youtu.be/xR-UVZEYuKM
Homs City – Friday – Nighttime
Khaldiyeh http://youtu.be/ACoQgj5dxJo
Hamrah http://youtu.be/x7SBPTETSbY
Insha’aat http://youtu.be/7IRw7Uu7u4o
Qoussour http://youtu.be/wqOV8-ccUUM
, http://youtu.be/hwiQKxMmgpE Ghoutah
http://youtu.be/p3oIvDhVTCc
Homs Province – Saturday – Nighttime
Tablisseh http://youtu.be/8XCGFl1adFo
Rastan http://youtu.be/YkeInOG_fFQ
, http://youtu.be/_h8rJxcbT7E Deir
Baalbah http://youtu.be/SktdVk1jz_M
Tadmor/Palmyra http://youtu.be/p5oAjzsIlwo
, http://youtu.be/1OUbIWKhl3k , http://youtu.be/HpSQxMkbBKU Houleh
http://youtu.be/RuubsgliE2g , http://youtu.be/72vVDRE5A6o
Homs Province – Friday – Daytime
DAMASCUS
Saturday – Daytime
Douma thousands take part in mourning for 2 Friday
martyrs http://youtu.be/VvlabyDVD-A ,
http://youtu.be/UG4hnV0LF2Y protesters
clash with security as one teenager is arrested http://youtu.be/9yjWaL4NeJI , http://youtu.be/7xDeLgrO-DU Qaboun
http://youtu.be/wR3A5xDgfQ4 , http://youtu.be/C8sd5zHIRn4
Saturday – Nighttime
Douma thousands take part in mourning http://youtu.be/dwQBrm8DtnY Kanaker
http://youtu.be/SQSpC7NayRk Kisweh
http://youtu.be/wiCa93cveYI Harasta
http://youtu.be/x37-6akowYs , http://youtu.be/LLwjjUddoYQ Midan
a flash protest http://youtu.be/AKpVzNhoNhA
, http://youtu.be/ChuWxcYDuO4
Friday – Daytime
Douma thousands take to the streets http://youtu.be/ohu2LSpji9c protesters
burn the Russian flag http://youtu.be/X4bN0HvL5MI
the usual confrontation between protesters and pro-Assad militias take place soon
after http://youtu.be/Ed2sDBacuos protesters
come under fire http://youtu.be/UJARBIeMWZE
Targeting the cameraman http://youtu.be/Hi-fjMk9Y30
The martyr Subhi Zrarah http://youtu.be/eSHedugv0rA
The martyr Mouhanad Al-Natour http://youtu.be/5hHzgkRG3E0
Daraya worshippers come under fire in the Al-Farres Mosque http://youtu.be/JundHT2INYs
Arbeen thousands take to the streets http://youtu.be/4ndepPXisvs
, http://youtu.be/hi3BxcXuiaI protesters
burn the Russian and Chinese flags http://youtu.be/YYZ6qk0PmlY
Harasta thousands demonstrate http://youtu.be/MDwI42K7nHs
, http://youtu.be/k1-aUz-N-Mo and burn
the Russian flag http://youtu.be/8x3GCTpMFE8
Jobar http://youtu.be/yULg-kyQdfg
Assal Al-Ward http://youtu.be/oYjiqftaxSA
Kafar Sousseh http://youtu.be/3LuGeY2TYl8
Qaboun protesters come under fire http://youtu.be/wG1gkihM63Q
this was the protest before the crackdown http://youtu.be/Jowz9At5yxo
, http://youtu.be/eH9Dngwbc9E Midan
– Daqqad Mosque http://youtu.be/Oi1HFvpuyJI
, http://youtu.be/3cHxDWXNMAw Al-Hassan
Mosque http://youtu.be/cdtOHE4XsxU
Qalamoun - Qarrah http://youtu.be/FLsDyIaZPns
Qalamoun - Rankous http://youtu.be/J1WA3_KmF2Q
Barzeh http://youtu.be/uKn2MFy7eYM
, http://youtu.be/WGL9Bbw-QG8 Qudsiyah
http://youtu.be/Tk__seKrjaM , http://youtu.be/gzS1GMa8E5s Qadam
http://youtu.be/WJcUU_JQ0w0 Salhiyeh
http://youtu.be/FA1krOopWy4 Saqba
http://youtu.be/KKIZijRCKII
Friday – Nighttime
Midan a flash protest http://youtu.be/igKu4rUEBDY Zahirah
http://youtu.be/vBujvwvOC2E
IDLIB
Saturday – Daytime
Tanks and gunfire in Khan Shaikhoon http://youtu.be/OqdjQsQdntc Jabal
Al-Zawiyeh - Joseph mourners taken an oath to go forward with the
revolution as they bury their dead http://youtu.be/nlZXySCKD9c
the funeral http://youtu.be/z2eQrbYITxY
, http://youtu.be/xlLPgPjWIEw , http://youtu.be/DpNZ44C6oF0 Ihsem
troops and tanks just passing through http://youtu.be/i0Y9VmySYao
, http://youtu.be/m5ELxAWudP4 Thousands
take to the streets in Jarjanaz http://youtu.be/wLIix4bCf-Q
, http://youtu.be/yi18dBBanDY
Saturday – Nighttime
Jabal Al-Zawieyh – Sarjeh burying 2 martyrs http://youtu.be/3ngl8TwuxCs Hzano
http://youtu.be/-m40Enr_gfs Saraqib
http://youtu.be/JwC_vNfV7G4
Friday – Daytime
Jabal Al-Zawiyeh – Abdita a martyr http://youtu.be/SZloBiWaG28 Jabal
Al-Zawiyeh - Kinsafrah martyr and mother http://youtu.be/RIVE5IT6fGs The funeral http://youtu.be/IM7-S6gczAA
Idlib City locals come out in the thousands http://youtu.be/-n3rRe_AE-Q , http://youtu.be/3MnjNqEXu2s , http://youtu.be/CrPM-JT4-nk , http://youtu.be/pp7dyPpBpEM burning a
Hezbollah flag http://youtu.be/mb8eMtiCKiM
Thousands demonstrate in Sarmeen calling
for the freedom and safety of Lt. Col. Hussain Harmoush http://youtu.be/2ZcjEZivMqI coming face
to face army troops http://youtu.be/GslH5lRkpxQ
, http://youtu.be/LbW0wZjRnmo Binnish
http://youtu.be/wrQu8e-YEF8 Jarjanaz
http://youtu.be/hQxiYWyFXQ4 Taftanaz
http://youtu.be/MYbWZ3uUpxw , http://youtu.be/cUvKBy0HP24 Khan
Al-Subul http://youtu.be/KjnEzh42M58
Khan Shaikhoon http://youtu.be/wGDb-QVOrgk
Kafar Takhareem http://youtu.be/jP7yI_WNdAA
, http://youtu.be/OjJLCq-H_R4 M’arr
Tamsareen http://youtu.be/lrRElwGuMtw
Khan Shaikhoon http://youtu.be/rE5kquPb-A8
, http://youtu.be/9JeZRkRaPCA Kafroumah
http://youtu.be/54c1hu_cX04 , http://youtu.be/Vkp4wb4rEWg Telmans
http://youtu.be/2EMim8FJrss Kafar
Nabbel Indeed, it’s not fair that Medvedev can prevent the world from
saving us http://youtu.be/Qp2Vqcki1is
M’arrat Al-Nouman http://youtu.be/UYTKTKk7LP4
Saraqib http://youtu.be/x3LS0qczuIs
Friday – Nighttime
Kafar Takhareem http://youtu.be/fCONJL0vi18 , http://youtu.be/4dFFLuCZzIc
DERAA/HAURAN
Saturday – Daytime
Basr Al-Harir locals confront security officers with
stones http://youtu.be/nH1bbZHrk3E
the martyr Alyan Al-Hariri http://youtu.be/wI-s75cxPS0
the martyr Abdelbassit Al-Hariri http://youtu.be/wvLLncniCHQ
the martyr Ali Ahmad Hanout Al-Hariri http://youtu.be/JiUfl9h-xtY
the martyr Hassan Youssef Al-Hairri http://youtu.be/bQ_0kPb3lYU
Khirbet Ghazali locals challenge troops and taunt them by shouting “the
Syrian army is a traitor” http://youtu.be/iIHQ5dgrvo8
Nahteh http://youtu.be/wVCT1gaXHqk
Sanamein observes a strike in mourning http://youtu.be/h6B8CpOAR7s After
holding a funeral for Friday’s martyrs http://youtu.be/eENsS5duTPE
, http://youtu.be/b7GSQZNnAE0 Sourah
http://youtu.be/7rBV7PT394A Deraa
City all women protest http://youtu.be/kFtrKqlofUg
Da’el tanks in the city http://youtu.be/ZfCoZqK3Zm4
Saturday – Nighttime
Khirbet Ghazali http://youtu.be/rKBdPTFz0FE Deraa
City http://youtu.be/2liGjC0hBe8 Harrah
http://youtu.be/f7JLypCDzLk Ataman
http://youtu.be/fFimeFq4VI0
Friday – Daytime
Harrah Army troops open fire on protesters http://youtu.be/Yx63DTF5jCE Basr
Al-Harir stormed http://youtu.be/7n0o2lOhtns
tanks move in http://youtu.be/g96mSkUUna4
leading to defections by some troops in their armored vehicle http://youtu.be/fws0clC8pc8 Sanamein
stamp on poster of the Assads and burn the Russian flag http://youtu.be/TCJr3jXjCnI then they come
under heavy fire http://youtu.be/ASiggkGROqg
the child Ibrahim Al-Farrouh hit by a sniper http://youtu.be/WkWrxfxGFKQ The martyr,
Ahmad Adnan Nassar http://youtu.be/KUseDv6zxvk
Mseifrah protesters come under fire http://youtu.be/7isCIJfwADU
their protest was peaceful as usual http://youtu.be/uSR2V2P5eC4
Tseel protesters come under heavy fire http://youtu.be/cooVc2nsYN4 the
martyr Ahmad Ouaidat http://youtu.be/eKWSWtN4_-I
protesters respond by throwing stones http://youtu.be/eOysKJ9mJAc
a wounded http://youtu.be/bj0h6icDi-g
Khirbet Ghazali locals hoist a large
flag between 2 minarets with the word Freedom http://youtu.be/WSiEiBnLJXA , http://youtu.be/uo61ztV60mQ snipers
firing at protesters from top of the local mosque http://youtu.be/ucWUbO06VzY , http://youtu.be/_ifKEmcjOW4 , http://youtu.be/oFGSeNw6q4k and here
they are taking up positions around the mosque http://youtu.be/12egrFG9oEA using tear
gas http://youtu.be/_gNxRIKTJf0
roaming the streets picking targets http://youtu.be/gb_tquzGA8Q
, http://youtu.be/ISO9wimVMXs as
their targets try to evade them http://youtu.be/RNcZEiVHzbY
, http://youtu.be/x62q8X6mhI8 and
finally bringing down the flag http://youtu.be/B-9rkTw22u8
, http://youtu.be/cGZlZV6eCzw the
wounded http://youtu.be/EmRWm1IrkSw
Meanwhile thousands took to the streets in Da’el
http://youtu.be/xFrBXO6fuOE , http://youtu.be/aUCpiEJKSFA
, http://youtu.be/vRDezP0dJCE Soon
after, army troops moved in http://youtu.be/ZZs20xS4QUs
Hraak http://youtu.be/en4NxpAm6rQ
, http://youtu.be/sMSXz2m48-g , http://youtu.be/pG47MGpLUCk Ankhel
http://youtu.be/loHJKbBGD8g , http://youtu.be/OOWrs1q--sM , http://youtu.be/BF9mXYkBdIE Nawa http://youtu.be/qbvgUvK8PPM Jizah
http://youtu.be/moQMQ2TdKHI , http://youtu.be/cn5itDd6YZc Bosra Al-Sham
http://youtu.be/9NAWdv2UQ9c , http://youtu.be/XwgDpbNecuI Nasseeb
http://youtu.be/hfr7OXyKcjk , http://youtu.be/VreK3xYLOBk Taybah
http://youtu.be/BsefdQMLH80 , http://youtu.be/sWPEsw2bca0 Abtaa
http://youtu.be/GTFCXf2D-vQ Ataman
http://youtu.be/RUkpm64EJ-E Alma
http://youtu.be/2VghzNmh6tQ
Friday – Nighttime
Despite the morning crackdown, locals take to
the streets at night in Khirbet Ghazali http://youtu.be/1abn0BmrSs4 , http://youtu.be/uh8B2IIj8Ow and in Ankhel
http://youtu.be/WxpVIjBBR7A Hraak
http://youtu.be/jLI07cRFw7s , http://youtu.be/qo1rWWtk4Vc Da’el http://youtu.be/EEsa_8k93Pk , http://youtu.be/tBOCCK5sRio Taybah
http://youtu.be/urvYSOlbF0o
ALEPPO
Friday – Daytime
Elbaab http://youtu.be/0vkBWckApnc
Andan http://youtu.be/eW24Dx278zw
, http://youtu.be/7kiOJak_Grk Tal
Rif’aat http://youtu.be/w2uWLtQuOuc
, http://youtu.be/sSvvEsTZAO8
Friday – Nighttime
DEIR EZZOR
Saturday – Nighttime
Qouriyeh http://youtu.be/oqt2D7AO91U
Friday – Daytime
Qouriyeh http://youtu.be/KsUW8fnIQHU
Deir Ezzor City http://youtu.be/DU-_DY6ODOc
ELSEWHERE
Hassakeh – Amoudeh – Friday
(daytime) http://youtu.be/mvoISs7DxXs
Qamishly http://youtu.be/Q2MVUPYZZKM
, http://youtu.be/TnBn8XBQKYU
Lattakia – Jableh – Sturday (Nighttime)
http://youtu.be/ixyEljgOCAQ
Hama – Friday (daytime): Sauran http://youtu.be/dkVpFG1ITTw Ellatamneh
http://youtu.be/AaFlorI-HkI Kafar
Zita http://youtu.be/Nkvlq0muaV0 Karnaz
http://youtu.be/SP4f3Z6561E Madeeq
“death to Bashar Al-Assad” http://youtu.be/KAA0BWtS6a0
Taybat Al-Imam http://youtu.be/Jj-xIe4TYyg
Hama City (Taweel) http://youtu.be/7W4QbjES-Wk
Suweidah – Shahbah – Friday (Nighttime) http://youtu.be/AYdEnPbnL9I
Palestine – Al-Nassirah – Friday Palestinian demonstrate
in support of their Syrian counterparts http://youtu.be/6qmL3uk86xo
Turkey – Refugee Camp – Friday (daytime) http://youtu.be/ka4a1d79cak
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