As
peoples of the world get more educated about Syrian politics, geography and ethnography,
the Syrian people are getting a crash course in world politics as well, including
American politics.
Friday 16, 2011
Today’s death toll: 22. The Breakdown: 9
in Homs City, 3 in Hama Province, 3 in Deraa/Hauran Province, and 2 in Rural
Damascus. Also, the leader of the local coordination committee in the town of Qseir
in Homs Province was reportedly killed in clashes with loyalists. Meanwhile,
more than 200,000 protesters took part in anti-Assad rallies despite the
ongoing crackdown.
Chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council, Mustafa
Abdul-Jalil, called on Assad to step down, while the newly elected Tunisian
President, Munsif Marzouki, suggested he relocates to Russia.
Protesters had dubbed this Friday “the Arab League is killing us”
in reference to the dithering by Arab leaders and their continued befuddlement
regarding the situation in Syria.
Links
SNC Meeting
The Syrian National Council organized the first meeting of its general assembly in the Tunisian capital earlier today. The meeting it scheduled to last for 2 days and is said to be attended by 200 members of the opposition. Several independent Syrians wanted to attend the meeting as monitors but were not allowed to. Lack of transparency regarding its operations, evidenced as well by restricting media access to the event, is still one of the main weaknesses of the SNC and is not likely to improve its image. This is already a bad start for the conference and contradicts the call for unity issued by SNC president. "We need to emerge from this congress with a higher level of organisation, clearer targets and more momentum," declared Burhane Ghalioun in a press statement earlier. But so long as SNC leaders remain more preoccupied with winning international recognition than they are with internal cohesion or outreach to their own people, they are destined to become as irrelevant and cut-off from realities as Assad is today.
The Syrian National Council organized the first meeting of its general assembly in the Tunisian capital earlier today. The meeting it scheduled to last for 2 days and is said to be attended by 200 members of the opposition. Several independent Syrians wanted to attend the meeting as monitors but were not allowed to. Lack of transparency regarding its operations, evidenced as well by restricting media access to the event, is still one of the main weaknesses of the SNC and is not likely to improve its image. This is already a bad start for the conference and contradicts the call for unity issued by SNC president. "We need to emerge from this congress with a higher level of organisation, clearer targets and more momentum," declared Burhane Ghalioun in a press statement earlier. But so long as SNC leaders remain more preoccupied with winning international recognition than they are with internal cohesion or outreach to their own people, they are destined to become as irrelevant and cut-off from realities as Assad is today.
A Message to GOP Leaders from the inhabitants of Kafrenbel
Protesters in the village of Haass in Idlib
Province make an excellent point “Security Council, where is your security?” http://youtu.be/ShGCEPf6B7U In M’arr
Tehmeh, locals go a step futehr in gauding the international community “For
every oen who doesn’t [sic] see the Holocaust, it is repeated again in Syria” http://youtu.be/VE6vIbECkqc
But the inhabitants of nearby Kafrenbel go a
little step further still, by joining the Republican Party “Obama’s
procrastination kills us: we miss Bush’s audacity. The world is better with
America’s Republicans” http://youtu.be/QkOpo89NLcg
Next, Republican candidates will be holding a debate in
Kafrenbel, and for that, we will definitely need a buffer zone, a no-fly/no-go
zone, and a few humanitarian corridors.
When a town of several thousands in northwestern Syria
begins identifying stakes for itself in the potential outcome of American
elections, the whole concept of “leading from behind” acquires a certain new
relevance, rather irrelevance. Is America missing out on a chance for
establishing new outpost for its interests in the Middle East?
On a more philosophical note: should all the peoples of
the world become citizens of Pax Americana with equal rights and votes? Or will
that lead to the dilution of the whole concept of citizenship, as happened with
Pax Romana? As an aside, Caracalla, the Roman Emperor who granted Roman citizenship
to all freemen in the Roman Empire, was half-Syrian: his mother, Julia Domna,
was from Homs City.
But in today’s Homs City, protesters were calling
for the establishment of safe corridors connecting them to the local cemeteries
so they can bury their dead in peace (Qarabees Neighborhood) http://youtu.be/3kSgOKXfjN8 To drive the
point home, snipers take turn shooting at the protesters http://youtu.be/JW7Zc2h-aJ8
And despite the mass show for the protests throughout the
city, including Baba Amr, the neighborhood nonetheless receives severe
pounding http://youtu.be/5hUnUgxJzGY
, http://youtu.be/tekHKe5gE4k , http://youtu.be/ndIv3xar-c4
Loyalists open fire on a passing car, killing 2 and
wounding 1 in Deir Baalbah Neighborhood in Homs City http://youtu.be/TxsD5MU6O1M Protesters
taunt loyalists in Wa’er http://youtu.be/cjBxazGFaW0
The nearby town of Houleh is shelled http://youtu.be/c7g_f11LLOA even as
locals demonstrate http://youtu.be/EobSpDmm1NQ
, http://youtu.be/cO1IiAa99nw The nearby
town of Qseir was shelled as well http://youtu.be/wCwEKccnSCM
Another nearby town, that of Shamseen, witnesses an episode of heavy shelling
as well http://youtu.be/_Rn0NmFqrxg leading to a funeral http://youtu.be/QgU1cJ5zY-4
Protesters http://youtu.be/_ZlrGUW2nIE in Aleppo
Road Neighborhood in Hama City come under fire http://youtu.be/g8oFUP_SDE0 , http://youtu.be/UuOzGYenu5o , http://youtu.be/Yc7DgNVjgD0 Worshippers
in a local mosque in Qoussour Neighborhood are fired upon http://youtu.be/0HTZ1-WOvPI
Kurdish Protesters in Kobani north of Aleppo city are
fired upon http://youtu.be/NEb8JsV3bUY
The town of Jassem in Deraa “sleeps” to the sound
of automatic gunfire http://youtu.be/Txkhn43pV6c
The sound of gunfire in City of Deir Ezzor in the
northeast has become a recurrent affair as well http://youtu.be/o4ujk8YTtOg , http://youtu.be/5lPwtO7oNRk , http://youtu.be/FB3Zi24DOlc , http://youtu.be/FfW0TEQv5Oo The city and
the larger province have been witnessing increased defections http://youtu.be/Vcqm0F1qBv4
Demonstrations
HOMS CITY: Baba Amr “your turn is coming, we
won’t forgive” http://youtu.be/XbY2EyRmZd4 Deir Baalbah http://youtu.be/LbzgPyO4pwk Shammas
http://youtu.be/15biREmkBXs Khaldiyeh
http://youtu.be/2KC9JyPStfM Bayadah
http://youtu.be/aBpSzwvdrhE Bab
Houd http://youtu.be/IRjbsFKpqDU Mreijeh
http://youtu.be/3knKSSRrhUg Massakin
http://youtu.be/qHWh1F-FDrg Qoussour
http://youtu.be/rmXvlrZ_tP0 Wa’er
http://youtu.be/CwCx-FHZpAU Cairo
Street http://youtu.be/Hmticz-deDQ
Bab Dreib http://youtu.be/gCoRMi4m_kc
, http://youtu.be/ZewyP0rIu74 Khandaq
Street http://youtu.be/bTxOmhXIezA
Jouret El-Shayah http://youtu.be/AM6S3ptcVnM
Karm Al-Zeitun http://youtu.be/R1xE6MScqMs
Bab Al-Sibaa http://youtu.be/6pY58iFyZ2w
Wadi Al-Arab http://youtu.be/YasEqWX86ro
Insha’aat http://youtu.be/AyI29XfBemM
Qarabees http://youtu.be/5TyMZDO9SAw
Bab Tadmor http://youtu.be/4dRl0mGYuok
Jobar http://youtu.be/XZIl7wNI3-A
Night Qoussour http://youtu.be/E9oI7vnykeg Jouret Al-Shayah
http://youtu.be/vquik0DSgFY Ghoutah
http://youtu.be/fAjgiDZDY2U Wa’er
http://youtu.be/bD3tkPyu5_Y Deir
Baalbah http://youtu.be/fOONohATPAA
Bayadah http://youtu.be/i7bhc8EfhIE
Bab Houd http://youtu.be/JZtSAl78l_s
Insha’aat http://youtu.be/5ZUNivWBlHg
Bab Al-Sibaa http://youtu.be/YWM3z8WiEjQ
Khaldiyeh http://youtu.be/PJ3-zh6chIg
HOMS PROVINCE: Qseir http://youtu.be/slLHyRFlLTg Tadmor
(Palmyra) http://youtu.be/S19mzMTp4ls
Houleh http://youtu.be/gFhHYwacVrk
Talbisseh http://youtu.be/p4n1Xkr1Vuo
Tal Ashour http://youtu.be/kdqyvsyP-Ek
Sukhnah http://youtu.be/AenkdrcnNZg
Asheerah http://youtu.be/cGhq8W7Z-zM
Sifsafeh http://youtu.be/E-ZdU-ia7tA
Qaryatein http://youtu.be/ScvItkAwBCg
Rastan http://youtu.be/HW0kozFl-3w
, http://youtu.be/7daiRvB55pY Teer
M’allah http://youtu.be/XarLZhce3rs
Ghanto http://youtu.be/gC1naOODQDc
Kafar Shams http://youtu.be/UlMGAeBGk1M
Night Houleh http://youtu.be/Kg9ZNQy6Hjk Rastan
http://youtu.be/MooycNOZIlU Tadmor
http://youtu.be/dR79Veyziso Sukhnah
http://youtu.be/aL-7ZzVBwgo
IDLIB: Jabal Al-Zawiyeh http://youtu.be/sol3Z4blVIA Idlib
City http://youtu.be/3U0q8nGF3io Binnish
http://youtu.be/echqhfWT7cU Kafroumah
http://youtu.be/yKNl27M3soQ M’arrat
Al-Nouman http://youtu.be/jeqkTF1XDGk
Taftanaz http://youtu.be/ZYdkEdqMGiQ
Areeha http://youtu.be/f-MFrHwHW8U
Kafar Sajnah http://youtu.be/k8ep8tbYkVI
Heesh http://youtu.be/ytj0zDAeJUk
M’arrat Masreen http://youtu.be/bZH4jVlrDM4
Gilli http://youtu.be/qFox8JnLGdU
Sarmeen http://youtu.be/orbcvEfpukM
Kafar Oumeem http://youtu.be/Zg8mzd-Ke-c
Khan Shaikhoon http://youtu.be/KGNh9I-gpY8
Sarmada http://youtu.be/VcxbHVf7T6c
Kafar Yahmoul http://youtu.be/1EdzELABzXk
Kafar Ouaid http://youtu.be/ou6Gh_ANdrg
Abdeen http://youtu.be/1hul_MlmlXs
Saraqib http://youtu.be/r2B2jeioxis
Kityan http://youtu.be/AwUT1WOEnVo
Ghadfah http://youtu.be/90nhED7pBWs
Habeet http://youtu.be/In5VHognipI
Jisr Ashoughour (Kastan) http://youtu.be/w0zRxy5VCEg
Elteh http://youtu.be/5nk-AtJ3zc4
Ma’ar Shamshah http://youtu.be/LzKXn8tLGDs
HAMA: Hilfaya http://youtu.be/PJ2JHscWelA Taybat
Al-Imam http://youtu.be/C6gp_XjzKWE Karnaz http://youtu.be/jLQICRl9WuM Kafarzita
http://youtu.be/mm1QircKx8g Souraan
http://youtu.be/OxicQ1xsoao Ma’arzaf
http://youtu.be/c6_7V1ZDxIY Hama
City (Hamidiyeh) http://youtu.be/Eea7WR9KaeY (30 St.) http://youtu.be/CtanfXBo4XY
(Aleppo road) http://youtu.be/_ZlrGUW2nIE
(Arba’een Neighborhood) http://youtu.be/bp5NeUqma6s
(Bab Qibli) http://youtu.be/1qxD5Je3Spo
Ellatamneh http://youtu.be/CQOsTlxMfqY
M’ardes http://youtu.be/5U630M8rt7w
Breidej http://youtu.be/eFKMc86-ByM
Sahel Al-Ghab (Tweini) http://youtu.be/vQwGTNSWuDs
DERAA/HAURAN: Khirbet Ghazaleh http://youtu.be/Uw9LcD3cjMA Um Walad http://youtu.be/j7D8uj4IL_8 Nasseeb
http://youtu.be/WKdYgOHeZkM Da’el
http://youtu.be/EwDiSuV5xi4 Hraak
http://youtu.be/WeFu7aosYkE Abtaa
http://youtu.be/6KYcZZ7E1cA Ankhel
http://youtu.be/b4yO6iv2aSM Ataman
http://youtu.be/sWl3j42prfA Jizah
http://youtu.be/-zyutdiyam8 Harrah
http://youtu.be/_iYWhFWVG0A Namar
http://youtu.be/1h16Ha2z1LU Jassem
http://youtu.be/4YVX7w5g8Dw Bosra
Al-Harir http://youtu.be/2uts2rw4o-0
Tseel http://youtu.be/v0Zbm6bI2R8
Tafas http://youtu.be/0vU8x8VKxrg
Sanamein http://youtu.be/gG77NZmbPx8
Ghariyeh Sharqiyeh http://youtu.be/P0hL6eBI9I4
Karak http://youtu.be/kbGWZ8SRUTM
Ghabaghib http://youtu.be/RSsh4BGQ9W0
Mseifrah http://youtu.be/t5qLzeSxKOI
Sheikh Miskeen http://youtu.be/oWhHEbXP4BA
Tal Shihab http://youtu.be/Wet8czxasZs
DAMASCUS: Qaboun http://youtu.be/2x8iQte3VVo Qadam
http://youtu.be/5yaDDAo1oB8 Assaly
http://youtu.be/22YyDZAUUc8 Douma
http://youtu.be/1m2jH5wCVoQ Harasta
http://youtu.be/wyLx26Bw-YQ Kisweh
http://youtu.be/17GV6GauTgM Barzeh
http://youtu.be/tQte_ZloG2o Zamalka
http://youtu.be/bt6Fiq-smrI Kafar
Sousseh http://youtu.be/KXM1WI7J2HY
Arbeen http://youtu.be/uAVWf_kdpRc
Qoudsayyah http://youtu.be/bloEqv4x0-k
RURAL DAMASCUS: Misraba http://youtu.be/BTAbuBvNGiQ Zabadani
http://youtu.be/B8l0vVFetEY (Night) http://youtu.be/zpxKe_sCZys Madaya http://youtu.be/WW4q68aESRc Zakiyeh
http://youtu.be/gPiqEPdo6VQ Eltall
http://youtu.be/g0s7evNIcZs Rankous
http://youtu.be/XLkn7dENlqw Qarrah
http://youtu.be/ovZV6rx-d0E Yabroud
http://youtu.be/RkNkeyw8Ugc Dmeir
http://youtu.be/DGeDyW9eRfk Qarrah
http://youtu.be/rdUjtHgDU7Q
HASSAKEH: Qamishly http://youtu.be/jQnl6ViPa7s , http://youtu.be/UuzHT_2TWdc Dirbasiyeh
http://youtu.be/r40yqTbH0Kw Amoudeh
http://youtu.be/O8n_iUM9xNI Ras
Al-Ayn http://youtu.be/OdCUrq5hAf8
ALEPPO: Anadan http://youtu.be/jIkZdFkAroE Tal
Rif’aat http://youtu.be/3rBRdPr6758
Marei http://youtu.be/tE75uf46AlE
Adamiyeh http://youtu.be/krlFjCeLe8Q
Furqan http://youtu.be/X8CsIMePKzs
Bayanoun http://youtu.be/cr-CN3K7P2U
Atarib http://youtu.be/TcVfALXjaPw
Hreitan http://youtu.be/yoa_z2wpWX4
Kobani http://youtu.be/iOZpI2gCxRA
Akhtareen http://youtu.be/OmeEQlQVZmo
Turkmen Bareh http://youtu.be/-mJzOqKndM0
Kafar Nouran http://youtu.be/fiwSoJOLsgM
Deir Jammal http://youtu.be/HZ7AtCduLCo
DEIR EZZOR: Qrayah http://youtu.be/lCNyO6y74go , http://youtu.be/n58mW49t2fY Tayaneh
http://youtu.be/dpu-CRX5KaU
GOLAN: Sahem http://youtu.be/fa8IG4nxmTw
LATTAKIA: Hiffeh http://youtu.be/9CuEC3LH5rM
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