It seems that the only way we have to reclaim Syria is to do it
one mass funeral at a time. The protesters seem ready and willing, and the
battle for Damascus is bound to heat up.
Saturday February 18, 2012
Today’s death toll: 35,
including 18 soldiers who tried to defect and were shot by loyalists in the
town of Al-Atarib in Aleppo Province. The dead also include 2 mourners who took
part in a major funeral/rally in Damascus City, walking distance from the
presidential palace. The rest were killed in various communities in Homs City
(10, including 3 women and 3 soldiers killed as they were trying to defect),
Deraa (3), Hama (including 2 children), Idleb (2) and Raqqah (1) provinces.
In Damascus, mass funerals
took place not only in Damascus City near the presidential palace, but also in
the suburbs of Douma (Eastern Ghoutah) and Elhameh (West of Damascus).
News
Op-Eds & Special Reports
Leaked
video
shows victims of loyalist snipers being filmed and ridiculed. The cameraman
refers to them as “Arours” after a known Salafi scholar who, according to official
propaganda, is one of the masterminds of the revolution, despite the fact that
he had issued a fatwa against conducting a revolution in Syria before he was
forced by popular pressure to change his views after the beginning of the
revolution http://youtu.be/eQ_imD6o07I
A
defector’s testimony: a new defector from Aleppo says that he used to be part of a
group sent by Air Force intelligence and the 80th Brigade in civies
to crackdown on protesters in Sakhour and Hanano neighborhoods in Aleppo city,
and their activities were blamed on armed gangs in pro-regime media. Their
leaders included Taal Ghareeb, Emad Al-Shayib, Muhammad Hasasn and Wa’ed
Hamdan. Regarding the explosions that took place in Aleppo, he says there were
two explosions, one at 9 am and one at 9:10, followed by gunfire, although
there were no real clashes with anyone. At 12:30, he says, a truck loaded with
makeshift explosives were loaded up by officers from Air force intelligence,
and ADdounia TV and other pro-regime media were asked to film it saying that it
belonged to the armed groups responsible for the explosions http://youtu.be/eWSRjRlN-Zo
Homs
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Homs City
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Baba
Amr:
snow and gunfire at night http://youtu.be/1NaEsSrUydE
By mourning, the streets were covered with snow http://youtu.be/9JNKF3kTLvY Then the
pounding resumes http://youtu.be/fApD3Vpepx0
, http://youtu.be/lbr17_QV_Xg But
no matter how bad things get, people find ways to go one and “enjoy” the day,
if such is still possible, like this fellow here who devised a hookah from
tanks and artillery shells http://youtu.be/E3o1Am8wxNg
A
mother grieves for her martyred son http://youtu.be/4aiEUydf5uI
Martyr http://youtu.be/qDN_qErU-7E Three
soldiers who tried to defect are killed http://youtu.be/l9E6dZh0Of0
Karm
Al-Zeitun:
Local activists gather in the morning to inspect the neighborhood and have a
snow fight http://youtu.be/NMZVhZ_UifU
A woman martyr http://youtu.be/3om3ApL3rMk
Insha’aat: the pounding
continues http://youtu.be/BNsmmQGXDw8
Elsewhere
in the city, more soldiers and officers defect and join the Free Syrian Army http://youtu.be/_t9dPdlcbsA
Bab
Tadmor:
locals never miss a chance to express their feelings, here by stomping on a
banner with the pictures of Putin and Assad http://youtu.be/Cw8DX8DIAP0
Bab
Al-Sibaa:
protesters come under fire from snipers http://youtu.be/HCMrAygzZ90
Bab
Dreib:
recent defector and locals form a new fighting unit http://youtu.be/PfJsZasItVA
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Nighttime Rallies
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Wa’er http://youtu.be/B4IA6LEEghQ Qoussour
http://youtu.be/xEZedYuELGQ Khaldiyeh
http://youtu.be/m9qCmkW-vfA Ghoutah
http://youtu.be/KP4UdwwzcU0
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Homs Province
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Tal
Kalakh:
more defections http://youtu.be/VaNJEB_McPE
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Daytime Rallies
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Damascus
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Damascus City
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Mazzeh: 30,000 locals took
part in a mass funeral for yesterday’s martyrs, despite the ongoing snow
storm. The event began in the Bassateen Neighborhood of Mazzeh then, mourner
crossed the major highway (Mazzeh Autostrad) passing by the Iranian Embassy
on their way to the Great Mosque and the nearby cemetery in the Sheikh Saad
Neighborhood, just 15 minutes walking distance from the Presidential Palace,
where they merged with thousands of other mourners already waiting for them
there http://youtu.be/Brz11MBjifA ,
http://youtu.be/TZQqYOx9qeg
The
snow did not damper the enthusiasm of the mourners/protesters http://youtu.be/t0bXY7psGng , http://youtu.be/nr6zUO11_0M Immediately
after mourners were done with the burial ceremony and as they headed out of
the cemetery http://youtu.be/GhVNoCE84Ig
Loyalist security forces opened fire http://youtu.be/0OD1Yv-0otg
wounding 4 and killing 2 protesters http://youtu.be/ml2ZY5Y9HPs
, http://youtu.be/1y4A-zExplQ , http://youtu.be/Tqq2swvqioU , http://youtu.be/beu7azKrnk4 People
disperse into the side streets after the shooting http://youtu.be/5SFdbVtPNjw , http://youtu.be/FA8PnP3E2JI Men and
women of all ages took part http://youtu.be/cR786Th_1ps
The event was broadcasted live on ustream http://youtu.be/dJnVZiLNawo
The
women in the rally hoisted the independence flag and chanted in support of
the Free Syrian Army, second later, security fire straight into the crowd http://youtu.be/GvVy9cONoxo The
injured are treated harshly as they lies in the streets http://youtu.be/zScPr6c-FzE Some
protesters remain defiant shouting “Freedom forever, in spite of you Assad” http://youtu.be/xcfRZt4TWLs
Barzeh: the people of the
neighborhood observes a strike in protest over the continued crackdown and
their inability to bury their own dead http://youtu.be/A6GeUB8fw_g
, http://youtu.be/lOHdv0wzwQM
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Nighttime Rallies
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Kafar
Sousseh
http://youtu.be/NLwtryp6ydw , http://youtu.be/pldBxfjwRxk Assaly
http://youtu.be/mPrvUF64A1I Wadi
Al-Masharei (Zor Afa – A Kurdish neighborhood) http://youtu.be/g7v8QDnB8kI
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Damascus East (Eastern & Western Ghoutah)
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Douma: Another mass funeral
under the snow for 2 activists http://youtu.be/Tk4xD0ZSCY4
, http://youtu.be/SRX6cxi7wrI The
two martyrs http://youtu.be/YwpPU7bnZhs
, http://youtu.be/teLzOA_t6e8 At
night, another mass rally is held http://youtu.be/4BZpoMgrEk0
, http://youtu.be/BDVghNVvUjw , http://youtu.be/kIqC-zaZjEU
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Daytime Rallies
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Babbila http://youtu.be/OA50lHdtmrA
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Nighttime Rallies
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Damascus South (Southern Ghoutah)
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Daytime Rallies
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Al-Hajar
Al-Aswad
http://youtu.be/-m7mhs7NPtA , http://youtu.be/f9Mduv9tFAE Sitti
Zeinab http://youtu.be/OfFZG3Js25g
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Nighttime Rallies
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West (Zabadani and Wadi Barada)
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Elhameh: Another major
funeral took place in this Damascene suburb to the northwest of Damascus http://youtu.be/meeQBwGQp6E , http://youtu.be/sUz_mM_facw Snow does
not dampen the morale of the mourners http://youtu.be/EV4cbfrA6ZI
, http://youtu.be/Sr5ScK4oqnA Post-funeral
rally http://youtu.be/uMEuQ-qit5Q ,
http://youtu.be/HwXV9dwu29Q , http://youtu.be/tBCJars5e_4 , http://youtu.be/SEQhGBfNFxo , http://youtu.be/myXBXcHztTc
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North (The Qalamoun Region )
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Daytime Rallies
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Hama
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Hama City
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Nighttime Rallies
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Bab
Qibli
http://youtu.be/QPTWDE9YSuE
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Hama Province
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Taybat
Al-Imam:
Funeral http://youtu.be/XE9IykGymlA
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Daytime Rallies
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Kafrenboudeh http://youtu.be/Sidq562YhNY Salamiyeh
http://youtu.be/fau2lAdVsKQ
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Idlib
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Kafrenbel: tanks roam the
streets http://youtu.be/SU4ju4icmAc
Ma’arrat
Al-Nouman: Martyr
http://youtu.be/lumXDG-cKWQ
Ihsem: The body of a man
found in the street showing signs of torture http://youtu.be/5zCoRI9LwEY
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Daytime Rallies
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Habeet http://youtu.be/xn30MV507Lc Jarjanaz
http://youtu.be/mHBaiFM2WQU Taoum
http://youtu.be/eGTGeGnxykI
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Nighttime Rallies
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Ma’arrat
Masreen
http://youtu.be/3ZIS5uabKB4
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Deraa/Hauran
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Deraa City
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Deraa
City:
martyr http://youtu.be/U4VxQRhMh_A
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Deraa/Hauran Province
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Kafar
Shams:
Funeral http://youtu.be/DSQAwMQzB6c
Basr
Al-Harir:
tanks roam the streets http://youtu.be/rvDVPf4g41w
, http://youtu.be/dNnVWF7HvCI
Harrah: Trying to save a
protester who was shot http://youtu.be/xj-b9GGMNx0
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Daytime Rallies
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Sourah http://youtu.be/P-0uvJqpS3M Ataman
http://youtu.be/jVfm82KPgsU
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Aleppo
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Aleppo City
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An
officer affiliated with the Military Court declares his defection http://youtu.be/4OyhVND_5-o
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Nighttime Rallies
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Sukkari http://youtu.be/HCqhGFhabNI , http://youtu.be/dCXQbt9ny5o Al-Ansari
http://youtu.be/rWN_IIPabWw
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Deir Ezzor
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Qouriyeh: tanks roam the
streets http://youtu.be/MIhcJcPdzgY
Deir
Ezzor City:
funeral http://youtu.be/gDgF0vKa2Dc
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Nighttime Rallies
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Deir
Ezzor City
(Jbeileh) http://youtu.be/Fhp740Oemy8
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Hassakeh
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Hassakeh
City:
Protesters in Ghueiran neighborhood http://youtu.be/3uqp48ckg4Q
come under heavy gunfire at night http://youtu.be/7b2BOG4eSZ0
, http://youtu.be/JZQHUoSVcMY
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Daytime Rallies
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Deirik http://youtu.be/slK8rUfVKDM
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