Syria Today 1-1-2012

Posted by abeer on January 1st, 2012

Local Coordination Committees
Six martyrs were killed in the first day of the year 2012 including one child. Three martyrs in Hama and another four in Homs

Hama:
Security forces arrest anyone who tries to reach the Al-Jab Roundabout area, where four Arab League observers are stationing. Whoever does succeed in reaching the observers is arrested immediately after their meeting with the observers.

Damascus:
A number of wounded are reported after security forces’ and shabiha’s heavy gunfire on a group of youths gathered in the Qadam area, at Freedom Square near the Mujahid Al-Amiri Al-Dimashqi School. The youths were not demonstrating.

Damascus Suburbs:
Daraya: Anti-regime demonstrations started in multiple areas in the city and there are sounds of gunfire from heavy weapons.

Homs:
Qussair: Security forces stationed at the National Hospital launched two RPG bombs at the surrounding houses

Aleppo:
A second sit-in starts in front of the Crime Police branch in Ashrafia neighbourhod to demand the release of two girls who were arrested in Furqan neighbourhood yesterday

Daraa:
Khirbet Ghazala: security forces enforced with the army, Berdy-M wagons and BTRs started combing the town from the International highway direction to capture defected soldiers. This accompained an intense shooting from the two wagons but though the people continued their strike for 22 days respectively

Damascus Suburbs:
Douma: elements from the Syrian army with one car belonging to Riots Police are breaking the locks of on-strike shops at the cross between Jalaa and Khorsheed streets
Daraya: A demonstration started on Al-Thawra Street after news was leaked that the Arab League observers had arrived in Daraya, but was dispersed by security forces’ gunfire and sound bombs.
Daraya: Heavy gunfire near the police station, the Shariyeh High School, and the Khowlani Mosque. Protesters respond by throwing rocks amid widespread security and shabhia near the police station.

Idlib:
Kafr Tkhareem: security forces are opening fire randomly at the city’s main market to disperse a demonstration started a while ago. It is also launching a detentions campaign with feral beating of the protestors. One detainee we know at the moment is: Alaa AlSaeed Bin Khalid who was kidnapped after being injured; beaten with the back of a riffle on his head. Alaa’s father is a detainee as well

Homs: Tirmaala: The corpse of an unidentified youth was found thrown in the Orontes River between Tirmaala and Dar Al-Kabira