Syria – one year after the revolution: 10,000 confirmed dead.
20,000 missing / 120,000 detained / 230,000 internally displaced / 150,000 refugees
(Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Gulf, Europe) / 1,400,000 at risk of famine
(according to FAO).
Wednesday March 15, 2012
Tuesday: Forty
people were executed by pro-Assad death squads near Bilal Mosque in Idlib City.
But ten loyalist troops were killed in an ambush in the city of Ma’arat
Al-Nouman. In Homs City, the pounding of Jub Al-Jandali Neighborhood continued,
leading to the death of at least 5 residents. In nearby Talbisseh, pounding
left 14 locals wounded. In the town of Da’el, Deraa Province, 12
loyalists were killed in an ambush by local FSA units.
Wednesday: 85
people were killed mostly in Idlib City as pro-Assad death squads took control
over the city. The death toll also includes 6 who died under torture in Hama
City (3) and Aleppo City (3), 6 killed in Damascus and suburbs, and 11 who were
killed in a renewed incursion into Deraa City.
Thursday: 91 people
were killed including at least 23 who were executed by pro-Assad death squads
in Idlib City. Death toll also includes 5 children and 4 defectors.
News
“The U.N. World Food Program (WFP)
estimates that about 1.4 million people have become food insecure since the
unrest began, especially in hotspots such as Homs, Hama, Damascus, Dara'a and
Idleb.”
“In the latest violence,
rebels killed 22 members of the security forces in two separate ambushes on
Tuesday in the southern region of Daraa and the northwestern province of Idlib,
said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.”
Op-Eds & Special Reports
The case against
non-intervention in Syria: Michael Weiss and Ilhan Tanir offer a critical
analysis of the arguments against intervention
Any military intervention on Turkey's part would
risk decreasing its already tenuous hold on Syrians' affections. And so from
Turkey's perspective, the ideal Syria policy would mirror its Libya strategy:
Ankara speaks out publicly against Assad, gathering international support for
political action against him, but tries to stay in the background when it comes
to military action. You might call it "leading from behind." Comment:
Actually protesters on the ground are calling it hypocrisy and are not fooled.
Erodgan lost his erstwhile appeal.
Windows
onto Some Sick Minds: Reading Assad Emails
If anything, the
emails prove a point I made long ago, even while in Syria, a point that led to
my exile in fact. Bashar Assad is a Fredo Corleone, and the Assad family has no
Michaels in its midst, just Fredos, Sunnies, and the usual assortments of
floozies and material girls that they tend to attract. There is no diplomatic
solution with a mafia. As for the in-laws, all racist assumptions about their
western education notwithstanding, they were into the mob with their eyes wide
open, and their souls wide shut.
On Idlib
For months, we have
been told that unlike Libya where rebels held Benghazi, in Syria, the popular
resistance to Assad’s hegemonic rule held no territory. But now that Idlib City
has fallen, a city right on the Turkish border, lo and behold, it turned up to
have been under rebel control for months! “The Syrian army
recaptured the northern rebel stronghold of Idlib near the Turkish border, a
major base that military defectors had held for months, a pro-government
newspaper and an activist group reported Tuesday.
News from the Front
Freemen of the North
announce an operation in Eizaz, Aleppo Province, against loyalist troops
meant as retribution for the massacres in Karm Al-Zeitun http://youtu.be/NknHyWHnSzM
An
operation by FSA unit in the Qalamoun region, north of Damascus, leaves
dozens of Assad loyalist troops dead. The troops were taking part in laying
siege to the town of Rankous.
As a reminder of how improbable
this revolution was, Leader of the Furqan Brigade, Rashid Barazi, concludes his
announcement of the formation of the brigade by saying “Long Live Assad’s Syria.”
He and his men immediately burst out in laughter http://youtu.be/l2J78lDG4yk
Homs
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Homs City
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Jobar:
new
massacres http://youtu.be/KG5iOF-_FXk
Adawiyeh: new clips of the
massacres that took place on March 12 http://youtu.be/1Wr87l1VtZI
, http://youtu.be/MQx3uq2y6MY
Massacres of March 11 http://youtu.be/4ouxgn98G9A
Old women identify her dead grandchildren http://youtu.be/GVrbnCMMCHI
Checkpoints manned by pro-Assad death squads hoist Hezbollah banners http://youtu.be/sAAZPAboNtg
Karm
Al-Zeitun:
children continue to suffer http://youtu.be/zICgkCs82MU
, http://youtu.be/dZUn5ly5SGI
Bab
Al-Sibaa:
neighborhood comes under intense pounding during the day http://youtu.be/HT23AosmKws Activists
trying to pull a body of a martyr from the streets http://youtu.be/W3Xnej1TSEI
Bab
Dreib:
locals scurry around as the neighborhood is pounded by heavy artillery http://youtu.be/6kjoRtQs-yI , http://youtu.be/bdbQ_Ruox1U
Bab
Houd: nighttime
protesters hoist signs demanding SNC leaders explain to them what they have
achieved on occasion of the 1st anniversary of the Revolution http://youtu.be/OIalh8PHbz0
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Nighttime Rallies
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Jouret
Al-Shayah http://youtu.be/V7Jnt5igPSo Qoussour
http://youtu.be/b81NfgDWQZQ Ghoutah
http://youtu.be/DbHVmzOZvkc
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Homs Province
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Qusayr: funeral for four http://youtu.be/1huo7xR7jLY
Rastan: sporadic pounding
continues http://youtu.be/21C7YaYbxVQ
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Daytime Rallies
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Talbisseh http://youtu.be/6EjPwpPFR7o Houleh
http://youtu.be/mZY_MmnvaiQ Rastan
http://youtu.be/lCjP7HFJAO4
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Damascus
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Damascus City
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While loyalists
came out during the day to take part in organized pro-Assad rallies, but the
night belonged to the protesters, even in Central Damascus Sibki Park http://youtu.be/JKZtUWyQ_Iw
Naher
Eisheh:
sounds of intense daytime clashes as choppers fly over the neighborhood http://youtu.be/9PHFTPFcV2E
Barzeh: people blockade
one of the main roads http://youtu.be/6nYl-YeSmIs
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Daytime Rallies
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Barzeh http://youtu.be/KtQlbiUMd-c , http://youtu.be/1e6tB1qZcHE Mohajireen
(funeral) http://youtu.be/Cyoi3f2yE_M
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Nighttime Rallies
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Barzeh http://youtu.be/DLnw3mgwaJ8 Kafar
Sousseh http://youtu.be/xyiR6GRli7A
Old Mazzeh http://youtu.be/R2rMv86p5qM
Qaboun http://youtu.be/mHOO4vb0Thg
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Damascus East (Eastern & Western Ghoutah)
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Dmeir: sounds of daytime
clashes http://youtu.be/wT9A4CnnoYk
Martyr, victim of torture http://youtu.be/jlXkEkFotTY
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Nighttime Rallies
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Damascus South (Southern Ghoutah)
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Qatana: A Martyr http://youtu.be/T0U0lpsLYHM
Artouz: sounds of
distance daytime clashes (1:00) http://youtu.be/UYD1RL14C6s
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Daytime Rallies
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Al-Hajar
Al-Aswad
http://youtu.be/kqXxtekDsDU
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West (Zabadani and Wadi Barada)
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Nighttime Rallies
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Qoudsaya http://youtu.be/Hp0DZE68_KQ
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North (The Qalamoun Region )
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Daytime Rallies
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Nighttime Rallies
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Eltal http://youtu.be/8p37yH6UJDU Yabroud
http://youtu.be/-C6G5nr0sps
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Hama
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Hama City
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Sabeel
Neighborhood is
pounded http://youtu.be/6yrpBlmjwFY
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Hama Province
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Taybat
Al-Imam:
martyr http://youtu.be/Vaw2IsTsekU
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Daytime Rallies
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Kfarzeiteh http://youtu.be/3CoT2f6Ed-k
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Idlib
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Kafrenbel: nighttime funeral
for two martyrs http://youtu.be/B0Ck7IEXO0s
The body of one of the martyrs was found in a nearby field during the day http://youtu.be/5oYsbEkfJDY Moving the
body of a female martyr http://youtu.be/KB7H1Dxptcs
Daytime funeral for three http://youtu.be/zF01SVK9mv4
Two more martyrs http://youtu.be/wbgSrQPY6AM
Sahal: funeral for a
martyr http://youtu.be/8rCZBFn-By0
Idlib
City
(Mar 15): 4 martyrs http://youtu.be/ZKPapS2B6jU
Ayn
Larouz:
13 were killed on March 14 by pro-Assad death squads as punishment for locals
who harbored four defectors who were captured and executed in their turn. These
are four of the dead locals http://youtu.be/BgaHqVdetv8
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Daytime Rallies
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Kastan http://youtu.be/55hh45GZY44 Saraqib
(funeral) http://youtu.be/xzkGcXfzK8U
Salqeen http://youtu.be/UlxAEgnSY7g
Bsheiriyeh http://youtu.be/4AeOQ-UPqyQ
Jarjanaz http://youtu.be/8I45_buEy4A
Taftanaz http://youtu.be/_TaAFac_qx8
Ma’arrat Al-Na’assan http://youtu.be/B7pterIlqKE
Kafroumah http://youtu.be/Ja0a-zQyFn8
Kafar Takhareem http://youtu.be/GEe5YufvDnU
Deir Gharbi http://youtu.be/dGmS9fjTnTw
Talmens http://youtu.be/oXpmm4lcI-g
Eltaman’ah http://youtu.be/3QwcLJqenoM
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Nighttime Rallies
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Ma’arrat
Al-Nouman
http://youtu.be/S6KW0t5TY-k Sarmada
http://youtu.be/P7RI-Jx10HQ
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Deraa/Hauran
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Deraa City
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Al-Balad: funeral http://youtu.be/yRRmxOOcq34
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Nighttime Rallies
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Mahatah (Sadd) http://youtu.be/QpY940PWbA8
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Deraa/Hauran Province
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Daytime Rallies
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Nighttime Rallies
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Ghariyeh
Sharqiyeh
http://youtu.be/MEShSHt4xi4
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Aleppo
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Aleppo City
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Omayad
Mosque:
worshippers organize an anti-Assad rally in the courtyard http://youtu.be/AEatCRYsn2c Women take
active part http://youtu.be/rNPXp5lS964
All come fire and are forced to hide in the mosque http://youtu.be/wD0FN3hi_H4
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Daytime Rallies
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Seif
Al-Dawleh
http://youtu.be/xUzRselH8t8 Omayad
Mosque
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Aleppo Province
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Daytime Rallies
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Marei: http://youtu.be/c-XNoHsYQy0 Anadan
http://youtu.be/frRlwg2qGT4 Kobani
http://youtu.be/J1No3V2Fuu4 Kafar
Hamra http://youtu.be/1KWwzaMtw08
Shiran http://youtu.be/s_6RF6xB17g
Tal Rifa’at http://youtu.be/5PgAd7lJ9vI
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Nighttime Rallies
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Bza’ah http://youtu.be/AdGOrYaCGE4
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Deir Ezzor
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Nighttime Rallies
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Deir
Ezzor City
(Jbeileh) http://youtu.be/G2aScOdAYaY
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Hassakeh
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Daytime Rallies
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Deirik http://youtu.be/-g4DWOea0rY Hassakeh
City (Mufti) http://youtu.be/4B-8lOa5-eU
Qamishlo http://youtu.be/Xhy7EjdGElw
Seri Kanye http://youtu.be/iurQP7QiNOQ
Dirbassyeh http://youtu.be/IUIGVP1b7Os
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Nighttime Rallies
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Hassakeh
City
(Nasrah) http://youtu.be/LDQi0MLtJRI
(Mufti) http://youtu.be/LDQi0MLtJRI
Qamishlo http://youtu.be/8nnK6m81Kms
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Lattakia
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Lattakia
City:
daytime protesters http://youtu.be/Xp32IdN2fY4
, http://youtu.be/5jfC_-w8wUE clash
with security in Sheikh Dhaher http://youtu.be/YP4631TYXqs
Elsewhere, they try to destroy the status of hafiz Al-Assad http://youtu.be/UxhkWztEIvE Nighttime
protesters in Sleibeh http://youtu.be/he3-jrh9iNo
come under fire http://youtu.be/zZeEhecyrbE
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Tartous
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Daytime Rallies
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Banyas http://youtu.be/b-m8ukbO0oc
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Raqqah
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Raqqah
City:
Teenage boy taking his last breaths http://youtu.be/14urvC9Zpuo
father saying goodbye http://youtu.be/LhuNLtTqsFI
As people hold funeral at night http://youtu.be/nIRgzoi3BJ8
a car with armed Assad loyalists ram into them and the occupants start firing
(1:40) http://youtu.be/JIJ1-ok2rnA
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