The Local Coordination Committees in Syria The number of martyrs has reached 23 thus far; including 11 in the city of Homs among them 5 members of the Al-Bihlaq family. In addition, 3 martyrs fell in each of Damascus Suburbs and Daraa, 2 in each of Deir Ezzor and Idlib; and 1 in each of Hama and Lattakia
Damascus: An evening demonstration started beneath Midan Bridge heading towards Zahra Road chanting for the disaster-stricken cities and demanding the toppling of the regime
Homs:
Sbei’ Jameel Alsoufi was martyred after being shot by security forces bullets in the neighborhood Qarabas while he was on his way back to his house after buying medicine as he was suffering from cancer
Damascus Suburbs: Hammourieh: Two persons were martyred by the regime’s forces. One of them is Anas Oraibi who was killed on the way to his farm in the Ashaari area. The other is Mohammad Deed Wanuseh who was killed on the way to his father’s farm in the area of Mazraaet Bostan Hadeed
Damascus Suburbs: Hammourieh: The recruit Tayseer Hamdan was martyred when he was executed by security forces for refusing to open fire on protesters
Aleppo: Eezaz: Reinforcements to security forces have arrived to the Syrian-Turkish borders including 20 soldier carriers and a number of tanks. Reports of helicopters flying over Eezaz city and neighboring villages
Lattakia: Al-Heffa: An evening demonstration in the Southern neighborhood started from the Liberty Square; protesters are chanting for Homs and the besieged cities and calling for the regime’s prosecution
Deir Ezzor: Mayaden: The regime’s forces are shooting at an evening demonstration to disperse it that started from the Salam Mosque in solidarity with the disaster-stricken cities and calling for toppling the regime
Hama: Regime forces are conducting a raid and arrest campaign amid sporadic gunfire in several neighborhoods in Hama, the worst raids are reported in the neighborhoods of Bab Qibli, Al-Jerajme and Wadi Al-Hawarne
Idlib: Maara Al-Numan: Taha Yosuf Taha was martyred and his corpse was found this afternoon at Ghadafa town’s detour after he went to work with a rented cap
Daraa:Ghabaghib: Mr. Abdullah Al-Ahmed was martyred under torture by the security forces, he was arrested for more than three months
Damascus: Al-Salihiye: Campaign of raids and storming into houses is reported in several neighborhoods of Al-Salihiye, and the arrest of dozens of people
Damascus Suburbs: Al-Domair: A demonstration started in the city after the evening prayers in solidarity with Bab Amr neighborhood
Homs: Firas Shaher was martyred and many wounded, among them some critically, when a mortar shell hit the neighborhood of Bab Draib
Aleppo: Azaz: The regime’s army, supported by tanks and thousands of soldiers, stormed the city and centered in Barhou Akhdar School
Hama: Tibat Al-Imam: Two shells fell on the house of Halim family and columns of smoke is seen rising from the house, there is no information about the number of casualties yet
Hasakeh: Amooda: An evening demonstration started in the city, participants chanted in solidarity with the disaster-stricken cities and called for the ouster of the regime
Jableh: Activist Bilal Nassour, 41 years old and has 4 children from Saleba neighborhood, was martyred under torture by security members at the Political Security Branch. His corpse was delivered to his family today and he was arrested on 22-8-2011
Homs: Several injuries were reported after a mortar shell targeted Bab Dreib neighborhood
Aleppo: The Corpes of martyr Ammar Batoos arrived to Banqosa Mosque in Bab Al-Hadeed neighborhood and the residents are preparing for his funeral procession
Demo in Sayedei Zainab in Damascus
Damascus: Sitt Zeinab: An evening demonstration by the residents of the occupied Golan amid strict security procedures; protesters chanted for the disaster-stricken cities and called for toppling the regime
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