In
Syria the madness continues as usual, because elsewhere the indifference does.
Saturday July 07, 2012
Today’s Death toll: 71. The Breakdown: the toll
includes 10 defected soldiers. 21 were killed in the shelling of Deir Ezozr
City, 12 in Aleppo, 11 in Idlib, 6 in Homs, 5 in Hama, 7 in Damascus (5 in
Suburbs, 2 in City) and 4 in Daraa.
Doctors from the Damascene Suburb of Douma report that many dead
bodies are still lying un-reclaimed in many side streets, and that the stench
of decomposition is filling the air. They caution locals from attempting a
return to the suburb at this stage and until such time as local activists have
finished cleaning up, a task complicated by patrols and sniper activities by
pro-Assad militias.
News
Op-Eds
& Special Reports
Deir Ezzor
For months
now, the city of Deir Ezzor in the northeastern parts of Syria has come under
sporadic bombardments by pro-Assad troops and militias, without showing any
signs of weakness or surrender. On the contrary, in recent weeks, local
resistance groups managed to take over most loyalist checkpoints in the city
establishing de facto control over it. This led to an intensification of the
bombardment by loyalist militias. For the most part, the regime relied on
recruits from Sunni tribes in the adjacent provinces of Raqqah and Hassakeh,
but tribal loyalties continued to trump regime loyalties, and the rates of
defections continued to increase daily, leading the regime to realize that the
situation can never be brought under control under these conditions. For this
reason, the regime has been sending reinforcements made up mostly of Alawite recruits.
As of yesterday, the numbers of the reinforcements reached over 3,000 troops,
backed with tanks, armored vehicles and heavy artillery. As a result, the
pounding has escalated to a dramatic degree, and loyalist troops seem poised to
invade the city any minute now.
The fall
of Deir Ezzor, should it take place, is unlikely to end the resistance, as
local fighters are bound to withdraw in time and fall back on the usual and
proven tactics of Guerilla Warfare. Nonetheless, a regime that is still willing
to send 3,000 Alawite troops as far as Deir Ezzor City is not one that is
crumbling. Alternatively this could be a major miscalculation on part of
whoever is in charge of military operations at this stage.
A tank
belonging to pro-Assad militias is destroyed as fierce battle rage around Deir
Ezzor City http://youtu.be/sUSjCdg5qTY
, http://youtu.be/163o7pgj_14 The
pounding of Rasafah Neighborhood http://youtu.be/5NanbyGtBas
The weeks-long bombardment has reduced many neighborhoods to rubble http://youtu.be/1VNj_dlWp0o , http://youtu.be/wWeY0cy7ES0 , http://youtu.be/mF9xDDzoNVE , http://youtu.be/swF_5Bo30sE , http://youtu.be/a1nhlLEPY0A The tanks
and troops laying siege to the city http://youtu.be/KllwTYD2Uts
Other
towns in Deir Ezzor Province are not spared: Mayadeen is pounded by
helicopter gunships http://youtu.be/_zfYQBl2ZbY
IN the nearby town of Khraita,
local fighters create a checkpoint to prevent passage of further convoys in the
direction of Deir Ezzor City, as this local fighter tries to explain in broken
English http://youtu.be/hjYG8iTgotQ
Video Highlights
Thuwaiba
Kanafani, a Syrian-Canadian activist crosses the Syrian-Turkish borders and
joins the ranks of the local resistance groups operating in Aleppo Province http://youtu.be/CY4G0F98M_A
A new clip
showing the massacre that took place in the Damascene suburb of Zamalka
when a car bomb that blew up in the midst of a funeral procession and claimed
the lives of over 80 mourners http://youtu.be/m5KgMRyc_pg
This is an independent report prepared by ITV on the situation in Damascus
suburbs, including Zamalka and nearby Irbeen http://youtu.be/csvYVedCpws
Mourners
in the Damascene Suburb of Babbila http://youtu.be/Ro5on74XUfM
come under fire http://youtu.be/EogS2Wq4WC4
, http://youtu.be/oJkPrB_WVnw
Towns
under bombardment
Daraa
Hraak,
Daraa:
bombardment takes place at dawn http://youtu.be/-zESHnxwBlc
, http://youtu.be/3CV7j1Zul4Y Some of
the martyrs http://youtu.be/aT4qOPRwZ2U
Mseifrah,
Daraa:
sporadic nighttime bombardment http://youtu.be/Jq4RtYw8DLk
Bosra,
Daraa:
sounds of nighttime clashes http://youtu.be/j2UcXi3nj98
Na’eemah,
Daraa:
the pounding continues http://youtu.be/O9krj62Ggl8
, http://youtu.be/hBK9iRaO7vI , http://youtu.be/M3xgLVAPPt0
Abtaa,
Daraa: impact
of shelling http://youtu.be/39vHcxJR3XM
Nasseeb http://youtu.be/qkFi1VL4OwQ
Daraa
City: http://youtu.be/rtwFM-R6MU8 , http://youtu.be/aAQ2IdBU6uo , http://youtu.be/4zS639DeweU , http://youtu.be/fMhE_cgg48c
Idlib
Idlib
City, Idlib Province:
sounds of nighttime clashes http://youtu.be/4iQWQfIF5oA
Bsheiriyeh: helicopter gunship
takes part in the pounding http://youtu.be/sG5sX_q-9hs
Aleppo
Deir
Jammal, Aleppo:
A helicopter gunship sprays the town below with automatic gunfire http://youtu.be/Psp1RRDNvyc
Eizaz,
Aleppo: impact
of shelling http://youtu.be/-M1GL-gdq8Y
New kind of helicopter gunships detected overflying the town http://youtu.be/8a9SBApXeLI
Bayanoun,
Aleppo:
pro-Assad troops stand at the outskirts of town, as pounding continues http://youtu.be/goBjDWEGw9E Impact of
pounding http://youtu.be/mB4dx8JAEpY
, http://youtu.be/tRxRd1oEM3A
Tal
Rifaat, Aleppo: helicopter
gunships take part http://youtu.be/4ZUNzTpvxVE
, http://youtu.be/Lxg7lLCXWh4
Hama
Sahel
Al-Ghab, Hama Province: Helicopter gunships continue to rain terror on this valley
long reclaimed for farming from the swampland http://youtu.be/xBxYUBmtPJE , http://youtu.be/BmzY1slVZVk , http://youtu.be/wHwsC7aRJys , http://youtu.be/Mg6I2fkUnzY
Eltaman’ah: http://youtu.be/8SjVq0NnsYY
Homs
Homs
City:
Qoussour http://youtu.be/ebwR9s6W0XE
, http://youtu.be/z_ebnJ538Tw , http://youtu.be/z_ebnJ538Tw Jouret
Al-Shayah http://youtu.be/ndOgYuAhFVA
Rastan: the pounding with
missies takes place more often at night now http://youtu.be/nrVpuaMXlXk , http://youtu.be/amAfpVf58KY
Houla,
Homs:
impact of pounding http://youtu.be/G0jifwwZRWw
Lattakia
Salma,
Al-Akrad Mountain, Lattakia Province: one of the last Sunni redoubts in a region
where the majority population is Alawite continues to be bombarded by local
pro-Assad militias http://youtu.be/reV8D34MjDs
, http://youtu.be/_xvsaRgY6R4
Jankeel: lands set on fire by
pro-Assad militias http://youtu.be/9zuoQj_b_4M
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