While waiting for Godot and the opposition to do
something worthwhile, the daily routine in Syria can be summarized as follows:
defiance on the one hand, impunity on the other, and blood is spilled in
between, as hope rises and sets like the burning sun, a promise that can never
to be touched or fulfilled.
Saturday October 15,
2011
13 were killed today, 3
in Homs City, 3 in Kafar Nabbel in Idlib Province, 1 in Jabeileh in Deir Ezzor
Province, and 2 in Damascus, as pro-Assad militias continued their crackdown
against unarmed protesters.
In Damascus, two
mourners were killed and several were injured when security officers fired at a
crowd of over 10,000 protesters, including many women, attending a funeral for
Ibrahim Shaiban, the child who was killed in Friday. Eyewitnesses report that
many Palestinian refugees took part in the funeral today, and that the second
mourner to be killed was indeed Palestinian. Tensions in the Palestinian Camp
of Yarmouk are reportedly high as people prepare to bury their dead on Sunday. The
death toll might rise by then as 4 of those injured are reported to be in
serious condition. The young actor Jalal Al-Taweel has reportedly attended the
funeral as more young artists and actors throw their support behind the
Revolution. The Palestinian community is divided on the revolution, with most
being quite sympathetic, but the fact they are considered refugees, even though
they were born in Syria, create a legal complication that makes of the local
leadership wary about their future. Still, young Palestinian activists
supported the protest movement in Deraa City, Damascus, Hama, Homs and
Lattakia.
In Homs City,
three protesters were killed in security operations in the Old Town, in the
neighborhood of Karm Al-Zeitun, Bayadah, Khaldiyeh, Bab Al-Sibaa, Baba Amr and
Insha’aat. The dead include a pregnant woman, but her child was reportedly
saved by local doctors.
In Jbeileh,
security officers chased and killed a known local activist.
Links
What does the Everyday looks like in Syria these
days? Pretty much like this:
One
of the protesters killed during the funeral for the martyr child, Ibrahim
Shaibani, that took place in the Midan District in Central Damascus on
Saturday: http://youtu.be/tsYo2z5MEe8
Closer look http://youtu.be/JLvVnyUwRx8
This is was the funeral before the crackdown http://youtu.be/q4A4CE8B69Q , http://youtu.be/l77TGF3Vj-M , http://youtu.be/R5_8O-hwexY A view from
inside the crowd http://youtu.be/Ryymj_k8-1E
, http://youtu.be/qu_T_XphU9s Women
participation http://youtu.be/QjAqzOGoxRQ
People lift their shows in the air as a sign of rejection of Assad http://youtu.be/r82sUc4_D6g People wave
a large independence flag http://youtu.be/3CL-YGg9jK8
Ibrahim http://youtu.be/4Wa6A2dKh7E Burying
Ibrahim and the flag http://youtu.be/VKvt_cKysX0
Protesters come under fire http://youtu.be/11l84iEt0k4
One of the wounded http://youtu.be/jo_-l4Pgvu8
Protesters throw stones at security http://youtu.be/NLyLorbs4mI
, http://youtu.be/rYW7hnMLzkQ they
eventually storm the security officers and the pro-Assad militias out http://youtu.be/GM3by2el8M4
In
Homs City, pro-Assad militias take their war to the suburb of Deir
Baalbeh with tanks and heavy artillery shelling the residential
neighborhood http://youtu.be/MTCRUTnQ3OI.
Elsewhere
in the City locals held a funeral in Karm Al-Zeitun http://youtu.be/sRROyvuUhY8 a martyr who
fell today in Baba Amr http://youtu.be/Gufhfvkv_yg
His funeral http://youtu.be/CsroHodsXrU
a martyr from Bayadah http://youtu.be/OSnGiMxRE_4
Loyalist army troops move into Bab Al-Sibaa http://youtu.be/wUsoe0v5HqE Same in Khalidyeh
http://youtu.be/afNAwEQWE-k where
security officers stopped microbuses used for local transport and searched
passengers http://youtu.be/hyswPDv02zw
Pro-Assad militias storm the Mreijeh Mosque in Bab Al-Sibaa and
chase out worshippers http://youtu.be/2nx2OnFLWVw
then they write on its walls “Assad is the God of Syria, worship no one else” http://youtu.be/rhUkNMfM8Dw Choppers
were used in transporting troops to the City http://youtu.be/N2WjhBgxf58
Still,
locals take to the streets at night: Baba Amr http://youtu.be/-AdV-L--thA The banners
carried by the protesters in Baba Amr are interesting in their call on
Saudi monarch to recognize the Council, on the Arabs to speak out, and on
leaders of the SNC itself to stop dithering: people want international
protection, with all the trimmings http://youtu.be/15sj5wXiJqc
To drive the point home, protesters in Khaldiyeh carry a banner saying
“no-fly zone and a safe zone are legitimate demands” http://youtu.be/TyXGgpZ3Fh4
Protests
also took place in Deir Baalbah despite the earlier shelling http://youtu.be/wclY1NyvLeQ Bayadeh
http://youtu.be/gYPNVM-mPJ0 Ghoutah
http://youtu.be/P3PBDLswU64 Insha’aat
http://youtu.be/8zfOwIQG1X0 Qoussour
http://youtu.be/E6SNG_tzNgE Shammas
http://youtu.be/4PocQwNQMVM Wa’er
http://youtu.be/3w-34gd4Z-g
In
Idlib City, protesters carry banners calling on Arab Foreign Ministers
to endorse their demand for a no-fly zone and a safe zone http://youtu.be/aKMglH4_xb0
In
Deraa/Hauran, in Da’el, locals held a mas funeral for some of
Friday’s martyrs http://youtu.be/EFIe1rPhqIE
, http://youtu.be/qZq_8kYdNuw In Ankhel,
locals did the same http://youtu.be/U8u9oh1KJvc
One of Ankhel’s martyrs http://youtu.be/bAKURCbTRgI New scenes
from Friday’s clashes in Ankhel http://youtu.be/IjUGrxI2SDw
In Deraa City, long under Assad occupation, people organize a small
demonstration in support of Ankhel and Da’el and carry banners
calling for a no-fly zone http://youtu.be/kSJEapQKcBg
A
clip from a funeral on Friday for a local activist in Da’el shows the mother
cursing “Damn our soul Hafiz” http://youtu.be/PWs5a7Ag9qQ
This is how the activist fell, during a standoff between unarmed protesters and
tanks, in which protesters shouted “the Syrian army is a traitor” http://youtu.be/uSRd--l3tFc , http://youtu.be/Dgx4xrvZOLM
In
Khirbet Ghazaleh on the morning of Sunday October 16, the local imam issues
a call for civil disobedience from the local minaret and encourages residents to
observe a general strike http://youtu.be/gi_32aN-n-U
In
Deir Ezzor, in Jbeileh, pro-Assad militias torture and kill Ziad
Obeid, a local activist http://youtu.be/lIWAVA7E1r8
The
Free Syrian Army claims several operations in and around Aleppo,
including one that targeted a caravan of security officers on their way to the
suburb of Anadan to quell the local protests. The operation was carried
out by the Ababeel Brigade led by Lieutenant Ammar Al-Wawi who said that
4 loyalists were killed, and that the operation led to an exchange of gunfire with
loyalist inside the local hospital http://youtu.be/SXFpXs6gaZc
Protesters had come under heavy gunfire
on Friday http://youtu.be/Xfa_o5bJbOU
And again today http://youtu.be/NPKK5vXHuMY
protester held another funeral at night http://youtu.be/pK_KXJyuFLQ
In
this video, the Khalid Bin Al-Walid Brigade of the FSA, claims that the battle
of Rastan led to killing 750 loyalist troops, and destroying 48 tanks and
armored vehicles. The killed also included 2 Generals related to the Assad and Makhlouf
family, one of them was already a captive taken by the defectors 3 ago, which
is probably why the city and its surroundings were spared for all this time http://youtu.be/TqXtGGIfbpM The figures
are clearly exaggerated, but the killing of several loyalist troops including the
2 generals, as well as the destruction of a number of tanks and armored
vehicles is supported by eyewitness reports. Be that as it may tanks returned to
the city earlier today http://youtu.be/N9zJdocUhCs
Here
we have Bashar Al-Assad himself announcing his defection from the Syrian
army, because it’s doing a miserable job and has only killed 3,000 protesters
so far. He says he will be joining the Israeli army because it has nuclear and
can take of this miserable revolution http://youtu.be/XOt2lwzDCX0
A
new tactic in nonviolent resistance: protesters collected large amounts of cash and re-injected
them into the market, after writing some interesting revolutionary slogans such
as “Curse your soul hafiz” and “the people want to topple the regime” http://youtu.be/IFnYrLE4oD8
DERAA/HAURAN: Demonstrations in support of Da’el
and Ankhel Nahteh http://youtu.be/JDmZszWZpoI
Khirbet Ghazaleh http://youtu.be/aM_TUF83jEQ
Hraak http://youtu.be/EhpT9xyAjcI
(night) http://youtu.be/IcoewUyTyxU Abtaa
http://youtu.be/MP7nduIU0Jk Tseel
http://youtu.be/xRBCLYXzXsE Jassem
http://youtu.be/BQHBJDynVpA Sanamein
http://youtu.be/huRE1Y2z2e8 Nasseeb
http://youtu.be/f9HlGL4u3Io Jizah
http://youtu.be/CvYr0bD7JHU
HOMS PROVINCE: Houleh http://youtu.be/T46yqKzl55Q Tadmor
(Palmyra) http://youtu.be/syK0I7_AVIo
Qseir http://youtu.be/0Pl3R0i6to0
In Talbisseh, a renewed crackdown leaves several wounded, this is the
only video we received http://youtu.be/fQdUzoHz2wk
HAMA: Taybat Al-Imam http://youtu.be/PnV1s--cFRs Qastoun
http://youtu.be/FOnSp2Sne_A
IDLIB: Jabal Al-Zawiyeh http://youtu.be/awzRfogi9-0 Tilmans
http://youtu.be/WDi1Gqhv5qU Idlib
City http://youtu.be/Ef47Bh8BKlk Sarmeen
http://youtu.be/VI-xuhocVac
DAMASCUS: Harasta http://youtu.be/Ko-HmLphsso Madaya
security forces storm this restive town in the larger Damascus Province http://youtu.be/NjGyrNFiqOA Kafar
Sousseh http://youtu.be/pJyCNTee7po
Snipers on rooftops in Douma http://youtu.be/baNq7qhWisE
, http://youtu.be/jjBvu5hPoOE , http://youtu.be/7_wikgChDnM and in the
streets http://youtu.be/vSGIHinrYZU Saqba
“we want international protection” http://youtu.be/SW8lFlCscoM
Misraba (Friday) http://youtu.be/CGXi1jxMVkI
In Daraya, plainclothes security officers make sure that students don’t
demonstrate at end of school day http://youtu.be/_2gf3CC2W3g
DEIR EZZOR: Qrayah http://youtu.be/xwIb6MgJ5SE
