Assad’s grip over Damascus has become tenuous at best. Rebels
are able to conduct bombings and attacks even in the most secured areas aided
by informants embedded within Assad’s own security establishment. The battle of
Damascus is set to begin at earnest soon, in what promises to be a very bloody
development.
Tuesday September
25, 2012
Today’s
Death toll: 148. The Breakdown: 44 in
Damascus and suburbs, 37 in Aleppo, 25 in Deir Ezzor, 15 in Daraa, 10 in
Qunaitra, 5 in Homs, 8 in Idlib, 3 in Hama, and 1 in Lattakia (LCC).
In Homs Province,
the head of the Military Council of Homs, the convoy of Col. Qassim Saadeddine,
came under attack from pro-Assad militias in what is believed to be a
deliberate assassination attempt. Col. Saadeddine is headquartered at the town
of Rastan where his troops have been keeping Assad’s militias at bay since the
beginning of the armed phase of the revolution. He is highly respected by
locals.
Highlights
(LCC):
Deir Ezzor City: Jourah District was raided by security forces who carried
out dozens of summary executions. Regime forces also shelled Qoussour District.
Damascus Suburbs: Douma came under heavy artillery
shelling.
Daraa: Ankhal came under heavy artillery
shelling.
Aleppo City: Kallasseh Neighborhood came
under intense shelling.
Aleppo
Province: warplanes targeted the town of El-Bab.
News
Special
Reports
Though President Bashar Assad seems to
have a grip on Damascus, it's unclear how strong it is as people go about their
business behind closed doors.
If you need a measure of how desperate
Syria’s refugees are, contemplate this: Many are fleeing to Iraq.
"Shabbiha" militias in Syria's
most shell-shocked city used to offer fellow minority Alawites protection out
of solidarity. Now, security comes at a price: About $300 a month.
Dozens of young men have left Ireland
to join the Syrian and Libyan uprisings. Though most have never held a gun
before, these are causes they are willing to fight and die for.
ONE OF the most troubling scenes
veteran French war surgeon Jacques Beres witnessed during a recent trip to
Syria was the aftermath of government shelling of a bakery queue in Aleppo, the
northern city convulsed by fighting between the regime and rebels.
The Syrian government has encouraged
the conflation of activism with Islamic movementto keep citizens in a state of
fear and obedience.
Op-Eds
Many characterize the situation as a
civil war, implying that the civilian population is caught up in a sectarian
bloodbath. In fact, Syrians are paying a high price for attempting to oust the
most vicious and authoritarian regime that has ever ruled their country.
Ammar Abdulhamid & Khawla
Yusuf: The
Shredded Tapestry: The State of Syria Today
Video Highlights
The town of Zabadani, Damascus Suburbs, continue to be pounded http://youtu.be/hVrVDAjCDgU , http://youtu.be/g-t9oaEFbEQ In Abbaddeh
Suburb, MIGs take part in the pounding http://youtu.be/2BKsmoTk8IY
In the suburb of Shebaa, a little girl was targeted by a sniper http://youtu.be/1XaHitb8e4Y
MIGs continue to pound Aleppo City: Maadi http://youtu.be/EvSftCShepE The nearby
town of Menbij is also pounded http://youtu.be/N4h2ooN-Xxk
Warplanes drop TNT barrels on the town of Rastan in Homs Province
http://youtu.be/zDpL32n0h94
Barrel bombs were also dropped over the town of Salma, in
Latakia Province http://youtu.be/Fg7pWVTop74
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