Let
us be realistic and clear: No political transition is possible in Syria without
military intervention. Russia understands that all too well, and because the
solution they want is to keep Assad in power, they are providing him with the
military aid he needs to wage his war. Those in the international community who
seek Assad’s ouster, if they do indeed exist, have to work with the local
resistance to enable them to secure their communities and liberate as much
territory as possible from Assad’s grip to enable a dialog over political
transition. Any further dithering on this will pave the way for Syria’s
splintering into myriad warring pieces.
Saturday June 16, 2012
Death tolls: 77. The Breakdown: 43 in a crackdown on
the eastern Damascene suburbs of Saqba (where 20 were killed by execution),
Douma, Arbeen, Kafar Batna and Harasta. 13 in Homs, 10 in Idlib, 2 in Daraa, 3
in Lattakia, 2 in Aleppo, 2 in Hama and 1 in Deir Ezzor.
News
Regime forces pound Homs
as 1,000 families remain trapped Residents under siege in Homs have no food and
no medical equipment, NGO says
Op-Eds
& Special Reports
Russian arms dealer
sends missile defence systems to Syria Anatoly Isaykin tells New York Times the
weapons could be used to shoot down planes or sink ships
In
refusing to arm the FSA, Obama has identified who he perceives to be the good
guys: compared to the opposition, the Assad regime is preferable.
Video Highlights
Damascus
Douma, East Damascus: the
charred remain of a child http://youtu.be/3RjIDIhIkNk Treating the wounded
http://youtu.be/6RnsPDGQeXE , http://youtu.be/Jb26hR68wxE Martyrs http://youtu.be/A5Bh_40cgXE , http://youtu.be/teAEQQYgKHo , http://youtu.be/7hw1iqyx-XE
Saqba, East Damascus:
martyrs http://youtu.be/FTAwAtVCqqE , http://youtu.be/yuGRelGjeus Five people were
executed in this apartment, perhaps the victims of targeted killing: their
killers had to climb to the top floor and bust into their apartment and they
shut them on the spot. One of them at least is from the Sunni neighborhood of
Sleibeh in Lattakia City http://youtu.be/wyAgQ7hGtv8 There were similar
killings in nearby apartments as well http://youtu.be/vnC7ydkzqRE
Irbeen, East Damascus:
members of the local resistance stand in guard as local attend a funeral http://youtu.be/cuCST_7dt-Y A three year old
martyr http://youtu.be/vugpbGBwdTU
Qudsaya, West Damascus:
Locals are shelled as they try to rescue the wounded http://youtu.be/PEK5WUY9s84 rescuing the wounded
http://youtu.be/iDL8vuRfqvA , http://youtu.be/YaGULTV4iBk
Kafar
Sousseh,
Damascus City: clashes take place at dawn http://youtu.be/GN1DiXuYsDg Still during the day,
local hold a rally http://youtu.be/6FO2lhJByYw
Aleppo
A clash in Salaheddine
Neighborhood, Aleppo City (June 15), between unarmed demonstrators and
Assad’s security forces. While violent clashes do take place in so many
communities across Syria, this particular “clash” captures more of the essence
of what the real conflict in Syria is still all about: to be free of brutal
security rule http://youtu.be/fUQQG_OMTw0 Protesters come
under fire, blood covers the street http://youtu.be/YQByCXQszdQ People carry their
wounded away http://youtu.be/q7mgmvKCCG0 Today, merchants in
the neighborhood observed a call for general strike http://youtu.be/9VYTeXq_YeA
The town of Ibbeen,
Aleppo Province, comes under heavy pounding at night http://youtu.be/Zp4QaESgP9k , http://youtu.be/N6GhcS24_1o Treating the injured
men http://youtu.be/rBrB9FKWeqo and children http://youtu.be/mbsOnGFwjuc
Homs
Talbisseh, Homs Province: The
pounding http://youtu.be/6sqA_3MU2yw , http://youtu.be/jgEaaSYISa8 , http://youtu.be/PaoulJsfVD4 The martyrs http://youtu.be/yqoi0Lr7p7A Treating the wounded
http://youtu.be/1efWVVyJN08 , http://youtu.be/6ToMIW4uJ4k , http://youtu.be/yeUlFeYQbts , http://youtu.be/__B3zp67PfI As the pounding
takes place, an old man insists on smoking his cigarette while sitting next to
his home http://youtu.be/HznVZReu9Zg Unidentified martyrs
http://youtu.be/50ENqGjTuus These people died
when a mortar landed in their midst as they were waiting to buy bread from the
local bakery: body parts everywhere
including a severed head http://youtu.be/FgFAkZhhyL8
The pounding of Rastan
continues http://youtu.be/PYtn1c5Djmw , http://youtu.be/ZDvAl0c2gNQ , http://youtu.be/__h5Frl4wAY
The pounding of Homs
City continues: Khaldiyeh http://youtu.be/ccvijFc-Q1A Qoussour http://youtu.be/t8EquefXxD4 General view http://youtu.be/OEP4DQo7wNw
Daraa
Victims of the
massacre of Bosra Al-Sham, Darra Province (June 15): http://youtu.be/kgueLehXPsc , http://youtu.be/vppUgHERDPk , http://youtu.be/wjZ69__4l4k The people were
pounded when they were staging their daily rally http://youtu.be/o3fbCvGeR8o , http://youtu.be/_GiUdAL1Wg8 Seven, including a
child, were killed. Local blame Russia http://youtu.be/2wpJm_Xpvvk
Messages to Obama (1): from
the children in Zabadani, West Damascus
Messages to Obama (2): from
the people of Kafrenbel, Idib Province
I think an intervention is a point already in Assad's defence tactic. And Russia has already a impressive number of different weapon system to welcome any kind of sign of an intervention. I found this article at the web. This weapons are probably already used by Assad's force and troops. It is terrible weapons to read about...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-syrias-weapons-2012-6?op=1
Stig-Åke Persso
Sweden
Thanks Stig-Åke. Articles like this one have been common in Tv Channels such as Al Jazeera or Al Arabiya, a problem for those who don't understand arabic...
ReplyDeleteAnd Thanks again, mr. Ammar for You great articles following the daily-events and, even more important, monitoring trends.
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