Syria today witnessed different kinds of strikes, and strike-backs.
Still the underlying story is the same throughout: the protesters want to achieve
their freedom, by any means necessary.
Sunday 11, 2011
Today’s death toll: 26, including a woman and
4 children. Calls for a general strike were heeded in protest
communities all over the country, and in several neighborhoods in central
Aleppo and central Damascus. Students of the University of Damascus largely
observed the strike as well. In Deraa City, areas in Rural Hama, and certain
Damascene neighborhoods, locals report that authorities burnt and/or ransacked
stores of strike observers.
In Damascus, major clashes between loyalists and insurgents
took place in the suburbs of Zabadani, Madaya and Sirghaya. In Deraa/Hauran,
clashes took place near and in the town of Basr Al-Harir, 3 tanks were
destroyed. In Homs City, major clashes were reported in the neighborhood of
Deir Baalbah.
Religious leaders of the Christian communities in Syria announced
the cancellation of all outward signs of celebrations related to Christmas and
the New Year’s. This is the first time in decades that such an announcement is
made.
Links
Security forces at
the Syrian Embassy in Amman assault visitors to the Embassy simply for
wearing T-shirts bearing the flag of the revolution http://youtu.be/feSrTvjeqtg The video
shown here clearly contradicts the account
of the incident given by Embassy officials, who accused the protesters
of attacking them first.
The battle
for Deir Baalbah Neighborhood in Homs City http://youtu.be/0O4F0JgMigQ , http://youtu.be/0NxHRZ2H6hc , http://youtu.be/0a36CNI2WcY , http://youtu.be/Vew5Rtm5PiE Snipers in
action http://youtu.be/yPmTaYLWwiI But
at night, the protesters take back to the streets http://youtu.be/prV_vTp6qsE and are
addressed by Suheir Atassy via Skype from outside Syria, having been
forced to leave the country clandestinely a few weeks ago http://youtu.be/n3vBs9jq45M In her
speech, Suheir thanks members of the Khalid Bin Al-Waleed Brigade for
protecting the protesters.
In the nearby
neighborhood of Bab Al-Sibaa, the Mreijeh Mosque was pounded http://youtu.be/aUIKKCAamIA In Bayadah
Neighborhood, the Tozeghly Mosque also came under fire http://youtu.be/uNbiaTX5N48
This leaked
video shows the atrocities being perpetrated by Assad loyalists on a daily
basis in Homs City http://youtu.be/SrjwCk7jv_Y
Another leaked video shows troops carrying out sweep operations in the region
of Jabal Al-Zawiyeh in the Idlib Province http://youtu.be/apM7Ebb7rGA
In
Damascus, the town of Zabadani is stormed http://youtu.be/BGGbJ9rFrmQ Locals in
Zabadani, as well as in nearby towns of Madaya and Sirghaya, say that they have
repelled the attack on their towns. But for a while, tanks rolled into the
community http://youtu.be/o2WoBGzNa-I
From Madaya, an officer from the FSA announces in mid-battle that his troops
have managed to stop an attempt at invading the town http://youtu.be/lW-gcQmKq0I Locals
observed the strike and burnt old tires as sign of protest http://youtu.be/NZQgYpG72io , http://youtu.be/3_OnrHyHuAg And they still
took to the streets at night in Zabadani http://youtu.be/_kGpBhu2AP8
In the
Damascene suburb of Douma, people take to the streets at night to stop
security officers from snatching the body of a female martyr from a local
hospital http://youtu.be/l5rYvGuGW88 Soon
after, the neighborhood comes under fire http://youtu.be/CSyX8-aCSz8
, http://youtu.be/BIJGfuJaBDQ Earlier
in the day, in nearby Harasta, security officers spent their day painting
over the word freedom written on walls all over the suburb http://youtu.be/ITA2WFu2x1g In Saqba,
security forces stormed in http://youtu.be/A6NUTdzUwKM
, http://youtu.be/lV8S-tdxV_k and
opened fire http://youtu.be/TIi5eh2JIWg
This video
purports to show the leader of the FSA’s Ababeel Brigade giving a
“hard lesson” to a leader of a pro-Assad group in Aleppo http://youtu.be/UHo0ocLKpy4
More
officers defect and join the Sulaiman Fighting Group http://youtu.be/F5hG9V2KQUY , http://youtu.be/gMkywwwX7vk The SFG,
known to operate in the rural areas of Hama and Idlib, is one of many armed
groups that are not yet affiliated with the Free Syrian Army.
Scenes
from the nighttime pounding of the town of Kafar Takhareem in the Idlib
Province http://youtu.be/5PMzHgyWTHs
, http://youtu.be/KhJtiWNmkwA , http://youtu.be/3p6aVRxX_m0
Kurdish
soldiers announce their defection from the regular army http://youtu.be/t2RepvoJyG8 The
announcement was made in Kurdish in order to stress the demand for respecting
Kurdish rights, while asserting commitment to Syria’s unity.
In Deraa
City – Mahata District, loyalist troops force open shops that obeyed calls
for general strike http://youtu.be/kDaeyS6zsNQ
Soon after, there were clashes between loyalists and insurgents http://youtu.be/Sfg2WHT8Jzo A number of
casualties were reported, including this child http://youtu.be/qNz1bAvzFlo Officers
from the Martyrs of Freedom Brigade declare their responsibility for the
attack on the local security headquarters http://youtu.be/z64TdIelFwI
They say the attack was in response to the kidnapping of three female activists.
They claim to have killed all officers present on the premises and to have freed
the jailed activists.
In nearby Basr
Al-Harir, people take to the streets at night despite the presence of
loyalist troops and their tanks http://youtu.be/7rNc3-_NA2Y
Earlier in the day, the city was pounded and tanks stormed their way into town http://youtu.be/JYB_M3Rq3AY In nearby Tafas,
tanks rolled into town http://youtu.be/Ys6CAaiq1U0
All protest communities
and many suburbs in Damascus and Aleppo cities observed the call for general
strike: Daraya (Damascus) http://youtu.be/jfVDbklAWbs
Hilfaya (Hama) http://youtu.be/Mzj4Ug3dXXg
Binnish (Idlib) http://youtu.be/ot_X26Ur1KY
Kafrinbel (Idlib) http://youtu.be/LLV2GaJxKjo
Kafroumah (Idlib) http://youtu.be/iVHZyiJkU2U
Taftanaz (Idlib) http://youtu.be/RFKd4gbZfH4
Sanamein (Deraa) http://youtu.be/yi0DPjpXL-A
Khirbet Ghazaleh (Deraa) http://youtu.be/Sfj0p-MbCVE
Hraak (Deraa) http://youtu.be/XtGyrdeu6uo
Houleh (Homs) http://youtu.be/58zQF3bnhbM
Talbisseh (Homs) http://youtu.be/O7oz5-LBlCU
Tadmor (Homs) http://youtu.be/qKpLEC9ph9g
Ashrafiyeh (Aleppo City) http://youtu.be/RXl9aR5sy-I
Marei (Aleppo) http://youtu.be/-Nxufp2UNBE
Zamalka (Damascus) http://youtu.be/tBYAjJ7oBuw
Midan (Damascus) http://youtu.be/bEXrrRSKb0I
Qamishly (Hassakeh) http://youtu.be/Mn4rP3udTLk
Jableh (Lattakia) http://youtu.be/t6fdWDleIaw
Alboukamal (Deir Ezzor) http://youtu.be/QPWXIo0D3Hc
etc. There are virtually hundreds of such videos. Naturally, all of Homs City
observed the strike.
But the day did not
belong to protests and strikes only, people did take part in protest
demonstrations as usual: Hilfaya (Hama) http://youtu.be/KjESKCPjBAA
Taybat Al-Imam (Hama) http://youtu.be/gQTdUUy6sfc
Soraan (Hama) http://youtu.be/5LsBqRCpeiw
Zamalka (Damascus) http://youtu.be/hv2OUnLyiZw
Arbeen (Damascus) http://youtu.be/cvTYxSiKytE
Harasta (Damascus) http://youtu.be/Td0TB7MASVE
Qarrah (Damascus) http://youtu.be/MdWL2RA2nKU
Hamouriyeh (Damascus) http://youtu.be/kJJ2bejJJG0
Kafar Sousseh (Damascus) http://youtu.be/aCwm5sHooOY
Hraak (Deraa) http://youtu.be/9Pw-gLjoyMw
Deir Al-Bakht (Deraa) http://youtu.be/vW99qiHF7fk
Sourah (DEraa) http://youtu.be/__daGu7hUvQ
Courine (Idlib) http://youtu.be/A1ylxFpfYY8
Ghadfah (Idlib) http://youtu.be/OcGB3w7VLLA
M’arr Shoureen http://youtu.be/oRCWtpIuVWg
Kafraouaid (Idlib) http://youtu.be/P8ruPuIL-Ek
Jabal Al-Zawiyeh (Idib) http://youtu.be/yqxNuGATtQc
Ram Hamdan (Idlib) http://youtu.be/uJPElRsesx4
Kafar Yahmoul (Idlib) http://youtu.be/HDucsNeNRVo
Ritaan (Aleppo) http://youtu.be/z5eQqsPTy7A
Marei (Aleppo) http://youtu.be/Kbv2gUdK2AQ
, http://youtu.be/uz-QjcPmln4 Tal
Rif’aat http://youtu.be/ghd5yLbgbG0
Anadan (Aleppo) http://youtu.be/rIsBzJ3Pd7A
Amoudeh (Hassakeh) http://youtu.be/BnwmqzwirIA
Qseir (Homs) http://youtu.be/-AgGCiKeDiQ
Houleh (Homs) http://youtu.be/dEgfDi54dHk
Talbisseh (Homs) http://youtu.be/ejCM5TNvhM0
Hama City/Bab Qibli http://youtu.be/KZEULMvDPso
Qrayyah (Deir Ezzor) http://youtu.be/mmgpCk9XOQ8
Kafar Aya (Homs) http://youtu.be/7pzGS-Fo75g
And of course, there
were funerals: Dmeir (Damascus) http://youtu.be/NOkzVqoyRVQ
Saqba (Damascus) http://youtu.be/6wBUgueBrzQ
Heesh (Idlib) http://youtu.be/HEwZvIF3uPk
And Homs City remains
defiant:
Qoussour http://youtu.be/q6ZPJ-gz-Ks
Khaldiyeh http://youtu.be/qTjbRytD5JM
Jouret Al-Shayah http://youtu.be/gleddjn6qw8
Baba Amr http://youtu.be/qzUjl8peCyc
Karm Al-Shami http://youtu.be/4tNf25dgCO8
Bab Dreib http://youtu.be/6vH-rzMj3mo
Insha’aat http://youtu.be/P3jkI8quOl4
Warsheh http://youtu.be/LHhTriJtcqI
Ghoutah http://youtu.be/5LssYjZrF7w Bayadah
http://youtu.be/VTvpA_-0-6s Jib
Al-Jandali http://youtu.be/r-_cN7YX1SY
Wa’er http://youtu.be/oy60MCRaAu0
, http://youtu.be/ikyD_9lqASQ
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