The Syrian Regime Increase the Violence

Posted by abeer on September 7th, 2011

Number of martyrs in Syria today reached to twenty up till this moment 17 from Homs, 1 from Hama, and 2 from Idlib,Sarmeen

Syria … rejecting political initiatives and increasing violence

Rejecting political initiatives, the regime only increases its violence.
At the time of writing, 20 people have been martyred in Syria today: 17 from Homs, 1 from Hama, and 2 from Idlib, Sarmeen.

Homs, the besieged city at the centre of the revolution for the last three months, is infested by security checkpoints and barriers, and now endures a new wave of violence: Shabiha and security forces have indiscriminately killed more than 20 martyrs in the last 2 days, and continue their terror tactics of bomb blasts and gunfire. In addition there have been dozens of arbitrary arrests in violent raids on people’s homes, together with mass arrests at the growing number of security barriers in the city’s various neighbourhoods.

However, all this violence failed to prevent or even reduce the number and size of demonstrations in several neighbourhoods across the city, where there was also a general strike.

In the security forces’ latest attempt to hunt down Hama’s Attorney General Adnan Bakour – he had broadcast a video testifying to mass graves and details of violations by the security foces in storming Hama – they stormed villages and towns in Hama and Idlib, and killed many people. Yesterday they also stormed the village of Tal Ma’arof in Qamishli, the worldwide religious centre of the Naqshbandi, a major Islamic spiritual order.

Security forces continued their attacks on activists and arrested many who have been active from the beginning of the protests. All possible methods were used, ranging from campaigns of violent raids on houses and farms to the arbitrary arrest of dozens of people in various cities and towns. Another method, intended to force activists to turn themselves in, is to kidnap their families.

In addition, the suffering of doctors and injured patients continues as security forces keep up their campaign against them. This includes the forced closure of the accident and emergency department and and operating theatres in Al-Fateh Hospital at the Eastern Gouta in the Damascus suburbs. This hospital has been prominent in treating people injured during protests in the Eastern Gouta, the area that used to have some of the largest demonstrations. Security forces and Shabiha also arrested the manager of Hamdan Hospital in Douma, and are now hunting the manager of Al-Fateh Hospital as well as a number of doctors who were “just doing their job and abiding by the Medical Oath”, in the words of a statment published a week ago by the Co-ordination Committee of the Doctors of Damascus.

At a new security checkpoint on the international highway between Banyas and Latakia, security agents are conducting thorough vehicle searches.

Idlib
Sarmeen
Saleh Abd Al Raziq and Mowafak Walid Gazal were shot by random gunfire when army and security forces stormed the city of Sarmeen.

Homs
Heavy gunfire and explosions near the military hospital and news about splits nearby, while sporadic shooting continues in the Khalidyeh neighborhood. Massive demonstration in Jorat Sheyah despite shooting in the area, and another in Qusoor neighborhood in solidarity with the neighborhoods that are under attack by security and the army.

Al-Birr Hospital was stormed by a heavy force of security and Shabiha in military clothing. They abducted all the hospital’s patients, visitors and doctors to an unknown destination in infantry personnel carriers. An injured patient died when his ventilator was cut away from him.

Damascus
A women’s demonstration in Qaboun chants for the release of arrested detainees.

Homs/ Idlib
Ammar Naasan Al-Yousef, his wife Sahar Mohammad Al-Yousef, their children Ahmad, Ady, Ola and another child whose identity is not yet known were martyred, and two other children were transferred to the ICU after the army opened fire on the car in which they were traveling from Damascus to their village of Farkeya, east of Moreeyan.

Deir Ezzor
A demonstration in the town of Alkouriya chants solidarity with Homs, and for the president to stand trial.

Qamishli
Last night security forces stormed the village of Tal Marouf, headquarters of the Khaznawis and a religious center for the Naqshbandi order of Islam. They raided houses and Naqshbandi locations as well as student hostels; doors were removed and property destroyed by a security patrol comprising 75 agents from four security branches: Political, Military, State and Air force Intelligence. All this under the pretext of searching for Mr. Adnan Bakkour, Hama’s former District Attorney.

Hama
Arrest campaign conducted at checkpoints and in raids on houses in the village of Qamahn. Among the many arrests were Eng. Amin Soudeen, an employee of Hama City Council, Eng. Hassan Abd Al Rahman, IT Director of the Hama Water Company, arrested at the Villas checkpoint; and Ayman Omar, a contractor, arrested in Aleppo for the second time.
Several members of the same family were arrested in a raid on their home:
- Ahmad Ali Abd Al Rahman, who is deaf and mute
- Rahib Ali Abd Al Rahman
- Omar Mohammad Abd Al Rahman
- Mohammad Ali Abd Al Rahman, also deaf and mute, an employee of the Hama Water Company
- Mohammad Omar Abd Al Rah

Taybet Imam
Dirar Hussain, 30, was killed at dawn today by shooting in the Sawa’eq neighborhood. The security forces abducted his body from Baldeh hospital, in anticipation of a demonstration to mark his funeral.

Damascus suburbs
Kafar Batna
Security forces made Fateh hospital administrators close the emergency department and operating theatre because the hospital was treating people injured in demonstrations in Erbeen, Kafar Batna and Saqba. The Hospital director fled to KSA, fearful of being targeted after receiving threats. His brother is running the hospital in his absence

Daraa
Tseel
Five new military blockades were established around the town

Lattakia
Detainees are being tortured and abused constantly, especially those detained in the 6 October school, which has been converted into a prison because the number of detainees is now to large to be accommodated in existing prisons. Detainees are held at the school for days before being passed to the security branches, where assaults and torture continue during interrogation.

Homs
Gunfire and stun grenades are used to terrorize the population near the police headquarters and around the downtown citadel.

Banyas
Campaign of raids and arrests in the city. Among many people arrested are Ahmad Bakri, Wassim Haliss, and Mustafa Yahia. Hassan Mohammad Namoura was arrested at a checkpoint near the village of Qarir.

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