Eyes Sewn Shot!

As Assads take back Syria, one neighborhood and one town at a time, opposition groups continue to wrangle over seats in a stillborn council, as the world considers options that have no bearing on reality.

Tuesday October 11, 2011

12 protesters were killed on a day marked for showing solidarity with detained blogger Tal Al-Mallouhi, who has disappeared into the Assad prison system 2 years ago. 7 of the killed fell in the neighborhood of Khaldiyeh in Homs City  

Videos from the War Zone

Homs city: the way continues in Bab Al-Sibaa. Here we see a tank firing randomly into residential neighborhoods http://youtu.be/DfbreJZNR6s Heavy gunfire in Deir Baalbah http://youtu.be/y3_2CV-PbK4 Meanwhile, spokesman for the Free Syrian Army issued a warning to all protesters and citizens to stay in their homes throughout Wednesday October 12, as they plan to carry monitoring operations against key members of the regime, also because the regime itself is said to be planning explosions to target loyalist demonstrations scheduled for tomorrow to support its story of armed gangs http://youtu.be/vjOw0wyQbcg In Bayadah, loyalist militias patrolled the neighborhood and carried a number of arrests http://youtu.be/TQ74Nufcp1k But in Bab Al-Sibaa, members of the Free Syrian Army arrested this sniper and taped his confessions in which he admitted to taking part to target protesters and fire indiscriminately into residential. Regardless of the veracity of these statements, the incident further highlights the daily realities with which locals have to contend http://youtu.be/t69y9UJJvS8 IN nearby Ma’aarat Al-Nouman in the Idlib Province, the other war-zone, protesters carry a banner demanding a no-fly zone http://youtu.be/ArxXS-g50dQ  

But in the evening, people throughout the city still took to the streets to demonstrate peacefully: Wa’er http://youtu.be/SJOFYvslB7Y  Karm Al-Zeitun http://youtu.be/ukG3LZ1Y_7s Ghoutah http://youtu.be/7uvzbKNKRkQ Bab Houd http://youtu.be/5pB9uUba1Lg Baba Amr http://youtu.be/3qO-rlxF_lw Insha’aat http://youtu.be/EHFDt2w_uVA

Congressman Chabot Issues Statement on Recent Syrian Incursions into Lebanon

October 11, 2011

Washington, D.C.-  Chairman of the Middle East Subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives Congressman Steve Chabot issued the following statement today regarding violations of Lebanese sovereignty by Syria. 

“I am extremely disturbed by recent reports of Syrian incursions into Lebanon.  One recent incursion culminated in the death of a Lebanese farmer after Syrian armored vehicles allegedly penetrated as far as 4 kilometers into Lebanese territory.  I condemn in the strongest possible terms these flagrant violations of Lebanese sovereignty which are a clear violation of UN Security Council Resolutions 1559 and 1701.  I also condemn once again the brutal crackdown being perpetrated by the Assad regime.  It is now estimated that over 2,900 Syrians have been killed at the hands of the regime and reports coming out of Syria speak of unconscionably heinous human rights abuses.  Additionally, I am gratified that the U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon explicitly emphasized the importance the U.S. places on Lebanon’s responsibility to protect members of the Syrian opposition residing in Lebanon.  This, along with the support for and funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, are key Lebanese international legal obligations.”

Homs Province: Qseir http://youtu.be/ToBV4e9Ak7o Tadmor (Palmyra) http://youtu.be/ORkv7d3B5L8

Hama: Taybat Al-Imam http://youtu.be/TQ74Nufcp1k Khattab http://youtu.be/4gjWZgFaoVA

Idlib: Khan Shaikhoon http://youtu.be/mNIX6VDMs6Y Kafar Nabbol http://youtu.be/kpK6caxi8Ww Corine http://youtu.be/6Iv18k30uM4 Binnish http://youtu.be/_elLr64MPg0 Idlib City http://youtu.be/zpSpnJxwCH0 Kafroumah http://youtu.be/apiPYeAnwrw

Deraa/Hauran: Mseifrah http://youtu.be/uBQyQ72t1Tw Ankhel http://youtu.be/L6Xx-BXKv-k Basr Al-Harir http://youtu.be/J3Fw-HlWjd8 Nahteh http://youtu.be/oVFgS6r8yvE Tal Shihab http://youtu.be/1jYZ3HRGxxs

Deir Ezzor: Albou Kamal http://youtu.be/Q34pVEi6qJs

Damascus: Zabadani http://youtu.be/BwO7oABXVzA Zamalka http://youtu.be/MzQO-qkBRyw In Douma, thousands take part in a funeral http://youtu.be/QpSrkcS44Nc , http://youtu.be/wrv2PlBBan4 Misraba http://youtu.be/0xn1jeckyzA Harasta http://youtu.be/uDALvdRUGqE