Ramadan has begun on an inauspicious note for Assad and family,
but rather than soften, their stances might harden even more, paving the way
for more and deadlier massacres. Another Red Ramadan is upon us.
Friday July 20, 2012
Today’s Death toll: 215. The Breakdown: 55 in Damascus Suburbs, 28 in
Aleppo, 28 in Idlib, 26 in Damascus City, 25 in Homs, 23 in Deir Ezzor, 20 in
Daraa, 7 in Hama, 2 in Lattakia and 1 Sweida.
Cities & Towns Under Shelling: Harasta, Arbeen, Moadamiyah, Haran Al-Awameed, Zabadani, Madaya,
Eltal, Dmeir, Hameh, Yelda, Rankous (Damascus Suburbs), Sit Zeinab, Al-Qadam,
Modan, Al-Hajar Al-Aswad, Yarmouk, Kafar Sousseh, Mazzeh, Qaboun, Barzeh
(Damascus City), Daraa City, Khirbet Al-Ghazaleh, Tafas, Maarabah, Bostra
Al-Sham (Daraa), Rastan, Talbisseh, Houla, Tal Kalakh, Al-Qusayr, Al-Hosn, Old
Homs (Homs Province), Hreitan, Elbab, Eizaz, Marei, Bayanoun (Aleppo Province),
Haffeh, Jabal Al-Akrad (Lattakia), Deir Ezzor City, Mouhassan, Albou Kamal
(Deir Ezzor Province), Kafar Zeiteh, Hawash (Hama Province), Jabal Al-Zawiyeh,
Maar’at Al-Nouman, Sraqib (Idlib)
News
Op-Eds & Special
Reports
The
Syrian Army Strikes Back: Eyewitness to Assad’s Retaliation on a Rebel Town
Saraqeb rejoiced when the heart of the regime was struck. Then the
President's soldiers hit back
Syria’s
Next Act With the rebels moving deeper into Damascus, and the
regime’s days appearing numbered, the CIA is racing to find Syria’s chemical
and biological weapons before it’s too late.
Syria's
Alawite Refuge "It's true that there aren't the right
ingredients for a state, but the Syrian coast is basically the center of
gravity for the sect," he says. "If the war continues in Syria, I'll
be among the supporters of separation. There is enough blood."
Syria
opposition has power struggles of its own As rebels risk their lives
for a new government, some feel overshadowed by exiled dissidents, who the
fighters say are out of touch with the real revolution.
The
U.S. must help Syria Washington should work quickly in cooperation
with our European allies to establish confidence and credibility in a national
leader who is committed to democratic governance. We should put our shared
diplomatic muscle behind credible parties with serious political and economic
plans…
David
Enders, special correspondent for McClatchy, based in Beirut, Lebanon, FDD
fellows Ammar Abdulhamid, Syrian human rights and democracy activist and
director of the Tharwa Foundation; John Hannah, former national security
advisor to Vice President Cheney; and Reuel Marc Gerecht, former Iran analyst
at the CIA’s Directorate of Operations.
General
Highlights
Armed resistance groups in Northern
Aleppo Province get unified under one command and one name, Al-Tawhid Brigade, then
proceed to hold this impressive show of strength (July 18) http://youtu.be/v4F6dbRAO3k Northern
Aleppo Province has now fallen almost completely under the control of the
resistance. But the resistance cannot fend off against missiles and mortar
rounds.
Local resistance groups in the town of Elbab, Aleppo
Province, storm the local security headquarters: the slain we see here
are pro-Assad militias (July 19) http://youtu.be/cNjWyjZsch8
While eyes are focused on Damascus City, many important developments
have been taken place in Aleppo City, where larger rallies have taken
place and the loyalties of many neighborhoods seem to have completely shifted
to the protest movement. The showdown in Salaheddine Neighborhood on
Friday underscores this. The story started with a rally as usual http://youtu.be/Lk1jvrQAI1A , http://youtu.be/sTJ7wcRPvPY , http://youtu.be/60kFCqeoDhY , http://youtu.be/XHVG_mBc_XE and ended
with clashes between local resistance units and pro-Assad militias http://youtu.be/D8XH5EVwX7c Culminating
with the introduction in the neighborhoods for the first time http://youtu.be/pqQB5giTmdg And local
Imams inviting their congregations to join the “Jihad” against Assad during
their Friday sermons http://youtu.be/HUGUxGYYDuk
Some of today’s martyrs http://youtu.be/qyunV-aNG6g
, http://youtu.be/4tPHlCwDV2U , http://youtu.be/7jB_k_1qngo Protesters
in Shaar Neighborhood also came under fire http://youtu.be/b1ZCn4ScNLE
Volunteers pour in the scores to Midan District to join the
local resistance (July 19) http://youtu.be/Y7c0hyDX1qE
In this interview with the local commander of the resistance in Midan,
he claims that he commands over 4,000 troops http://youtu.be/GIMQGlThRdY But tanks
lay siege to the neighborhood http://youtu.be/jmgbk3bONJo
And they begin pounding http://youtu.be/Aw98Sd72sWM
, http://youtu.be/JNZM1sNrDYg , http://youtu.be/0WIkCK0_aTA Many fighters
were forced to withdraw, but many remain trapped inside.
Resistance units from Daraa heads towards Damascus City http://youtu.be/IB6xJ5_uFNk
In Homs City, protesters in Al-Malaab sang a traditional
Damascene song in honor and support of their Damascene colleagues currently
under pounding by pro-Assad militias http://youtu.be/9dYbqxlCDQM
Damascus Highlights
Black Smoke rises over Damascus City http://youtu.be/7mFZZdWSA48 And over
parts of the Mazzeh Neighborhood, one of the plushest Districts in
Damascus where many embassies are located http://youtu.be/wPd-oZQ7LMI
But it was the neighborhood of Sit Zainab that seems to have
received the bulk of pounding today http://youtu.be/Uu_sWobAz1E
, http://youtu.be/5B5gjuRhleI , http://youtu.be/fLnBo66_i5E , http://youtu.be/aJVve1MyDmY The pounding
was done mostly by helicopter gunships http://youtu.be/1i3RkplngBI
Pulling the wounded and the dead from under the rubble http://youtu.be/nDa5XyhAoaA , http://youtu.be/rOasidZFCIg
Protesters in Khalid Bin Al-Walid Street hold a rally near the
local police station http://youtu.be/mFqxuscm07A They soon come under heavy gunfire http://youtu.be/cD8n12q_bnw Many were
killed and injured, here we see two bodies lying in the street http://youtu.be/qQ_XnEKnkcw This is
another take of the rally and the shooting http://youtu.be/0st1oXDvw3A
, http://youtu.be/2Uo8dChRO64 Local
activists report that the wounded who were taking to the nearby hospital of Al-Mojtahed
were soon arrested by loyalist security officers and transported to an unknown
location. The bodies of the martyrs were also taken. Many doctors were arrested
for providing medical assistance to the injured. Some of the Martyrs http://youtu.be/w68W-HRC4XI , http://youtu.be/yth9B2HVD50 , http://youtu.be/1GL4chxms6c A child
among the dead http://youtu.be/2NvQW7Eo8hk
Treating the wounded in Barzeh http://youtu.be/l5GDYTBdDXM Taking over
the local police station in Tadamon (July 19) http://youtu.be/cjXSODQivnU
Massacres took place in Qaboun http://youtu.be/n76QQV7Ytt4 , http://youtu.be/Rc7XDqUi8es And Al-Qadam
http://youtu.be/S0FXiFycK3c
Boyadah and other Damascene suburb were subjected to pounding by
helicopter gunships http://youtu.be/gZfdJcNeNd4
The town of Dmeir, the pounding claimed many dead: a dead lies
in amidst the rubble in the aftermath of an attack http://youtu.be/5z0Ji0vzD8E The martyrs
of today’s pounding http://youtu.be/dZEueI6LDLs
In Harran Al-Awameed, Eastern Ghoutah, local inhabitants found
bodies belonging to people who seem to have been tortured and burnt alive by
pro-Assad militias http://youtu.be/TOJSyPVXN28
IN Arbeen many were killed in today’s pounding as well http://youtu.be/YVVL10U9tQU
Other Highlights
The pounding in Tafas, Daraa Province, leaves many children dead
http://youtu.be/mLGvHqEmJQ0 , http://youtu.be/k4_uifq7UZM , http://youtu.be/MhhAwYu91g8 The mass
funeral http://youtu.be/xeWSpEr0dzM
The pounding in Rastan, Homs Province, leaves many dead and
wounded http://youtu.be/P_lWvECCCl0 ,
http://youtu.be/M7in0FnTXxs
The pounding of Albou Kamal claims a heavy toll http://youtu.be/uk7udUZFvuo
The sounds of pounding of Jabal Al-Akrad, Lattakia Province http://youtu.be/pf-yif6FGwM
Protesters in Tabaqa City, Raqqah Province, came under fire http://youtu.be/-qBLqBhQNYI
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