This Revolution has opened our eyes and minds. We can SEE
clearly now: the hypocrisy of East, West, North and South has been totally exposed.
Ideological interests and sectarian belongings trump humanitarian considerations
any given time – we suspected as much, but now we KNOW. Resistance ideology and
its global sympathizers, the responsibility to protect and its advocates: lies
and liars all. But we still have few more illusions to shed before we are
completely free. Long Live the Revolution. Goodbye long-cherished illusions.
Friday November
16, 2012
Today’s
Death Toll: 122, including 4 women and 3
children): 35 in Damascus and Suburbs, 32 in Aleppo (most in Bustan Qasr), 15 in
Idlib, 8 in Daraa, 8 in Hama, 6 in Raqqah, 6 in Deir Ezzor, 5 in Homs, 3 in
Banyas, 3 in Lattakia and 1 in Quneitra. Points
of Random Shelling: 186: 76 by artillery, 99 by mortars, and
26 by missiles. In addition, 8 areas in Syria were targeted by the regime's
warplanes. Clashes: 87. Developments: Rebels shot down 2 warplanes in Damascus
Suburbs (in Hammouria and Deir Assafeer), and attacked a tank convoy heading to
Bowaida. Rebels also prevented several attempts to storm, Rastan in Homs
Province, as well as few suburbs in Eastern Ghoutah Region (LCC).
News
UK:
European Nations to Debate Syria Arms Embargo France has already raised
the possibility of sending "defensive weapons" to Syria's rebels.
"We must not militarize the conflict ... but it's obviously unacceptable
that there are liberated zones and they're bombed" by Assad's regime,
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Thursday in an interview with RTL
radio. However, a senior EU official said if an arms embargo against Syria was
restructured to allow arms to go to rebels but not to the regime, it would be
very difficult to police. For that reason, the EU is unlikely to change the
embargo, the official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of
standing EU rules.
SYRIA:
Turkey opens up to international aid in camps For months, Turkey
insisted to the outside world that it could handle the refugee influx on its
own. Initially, it was not alone in thinking the Syrian crisis would be a
short-lived event, with refugees staying a few weeks, or months at the most,
before returning home. But 20 months, 115,000 refugees and US$235 million of
Turkish government spending later, observers say Turkey is realizing its
approach is unsustainable.
Special
Reports
With few weapons flowing to the rebels
fighting the Syrian regime, homemade rockets, mortars, and hand grenades have
become increasingly used in the fight.
British surgeon Paul McMaster recently
returned from Syria, where he treated the wounded first in an operating theater
set up in a cave and then on a farm. Though McMaster has experience working in
war zones, in Syria he found a “more oppressive type of danger.” Here, he
reflects on his experiences.
Mapping
Syria's armed opposition: A sketch of rebel units, leaders
and organizations.
Video Highlights
An aerial raid on Deir Al-Assafeir, Damascus Suburbs http://youtu.be/RTSCAqv9aKA The MiG was
soon brought down by rebels, these are its remains, as well as the bodies of
the pilots http://youtu.be/Dz33oUub6SI
, http://youtu.be/0qlQ5nnb2-M
Meanwhile, Saba is pounded http://youtu.be/t0ULuIKKWVU
, http://youtu.be/QLoEcbFlKAU , http://youtu.be/qyJVqXgpU0o Hamouriyeh
was also pounded http://youtu.be/KLhHs9lnjUo
And Arbeen http://youtu.be/ZcTntJ_ij04
And Kafar Batna http://youtu.be/6JDIYfGCbOA
The pounding of Jobar Neighborhood in Damascus City continues http://youtu.be/xXqarfHpIvg
An aerial raid on Taftanaz, Idlib Province http://youtu.be/hYxVCtGvfBM Another raid
on Marrat Al-Nouman http://youtu.be/ZIX1Z8N5zwI
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