Syria Today 24-2-2012

Posted by abeer on February 24th, 2012

Local Coordination Committees in Syria
The number of martyrs of Syria until the moment reached 42, including five children, eighteen unidentified bodies arrived to Khattab town, thirteen martyrs in Homs, two martyrs in Daraa, three martyrs in each of Hasakeh and Aleppo and a martyr in each of Idlib, Hama and Deir Ezzor

Hama
Khatab
the regime’s forces has committed yet another crime. Eighteen unidentified corpses have been delivered to the town of Khatab earlier today. Of the gruesome pile, an entire family has been identified to be from the near town of Halfaya and is known to have been executed while its members were working as laborers in the Ein Jari farm. This family consists of farmer Tarek Alloz, his wife, his 13-year old daughter, his son Yousuf and his own 7-year old son and 10-day old infant. They were buried in Khatab because the continuous shelling prevented access to their town. The rest of the bodies were buried unidentified.

Idlib
A demonstration set out at al-Rawda Mosque after Friday prayers in solidarity with Baba Amr. A first Lieutenant from the Military Security Branch has defected and joined the demonstrators. Security forces opened fire to try and disperse the demonstrations

Jisr Shoghour
Dozens of wounded are reported in the village of Janoudieh as a result of the regime’s army’s random shelling

Hama
Gharbi Suburbs
The regime’s army bombarded Khnzir Sawi and Jarjees Villages which has led to several burning houses. As a result, townspeople are fleeing to the neighboring villages.

Homs
Two martyrs were reported, along with dozens of wounded, as a result of mortar shelling by the regime’s army in the Nazha area in Bab Sbaa. In addition, the regime’s forces are firing randomly from heavy weapons. Security forces at the checkpoint are launching RPGs at the Safsafa and Bab Hood districts in Old Homs. In addition, security forces are widely deployed in the Hamidiyeh area, which has experienced multiple explosions and heavy gunfire

Idlib
Salqen
Revolution Youths are smashing Hafez al-Assad fetish during a demonstration andregime forces responded with gunfire in order to disperse them

Aleppo
Maskaneh
Residents carry out a sit-in in front of the military security branch to demand the release of detainees

Daraa
Msaifara
The regime’s forces, backed by tanks, are raiding the town amid heavy shelling

Damascus Suburbs
Heavy gunfire by the regime’s army has extened to al-Khabaroun are between the towns of al-Hamma and Qudsieh.

Daraa
Kafar Shams
The town was stormed by army and security of regime amid intensive shooting

Raqqa
Tabaqa
A massive demonstration satrted from Al-Hamzeh mosque, in solidarity with Baba Amr neighborhood, security forces and Shabiha are shooting to disperse it, in addition to the defection of some policemen in the city from the regime forces

Damascus Suburbs
Rahiba
The regime’s forces fired continuously amid a random arrest campaign in addition to an army raid on the city. Regime forces set fire to residents’ motorcycles

Hassaka
Several injuries in intensive and constant shooting at protesters by security forces and thugs

Aleppo
A demonstration in Zahraa neighborhood started from Al-Shami mosque in solidarity with Baba Amr and the disaster-stricken cities

Hama
Lieutenant Mohammed Hamoud al-Nabou defected with a number of his soldiers in Hama. It’s worth noting that the lieutenant is from Jarnieh, Raqqa.

Jabel Ezzawiya
The result of regime’s army storming Balshon village is martyrdom of Abdullah AlKhatib and injuries of his father and his brother after regiem’s forces threw a bomb at a cave they refuged to, they burned their house and went on arbitrary arrests in the village and burning the motorcycles of the residents and breaking the commercial shops

Damascus
Qadam
The Damascus-Aaman National Highway has been blocked by demonstrators using burning tires. Heavy security presence is reported in the area amid random gunfire.

Damascus Suburbs
Raheba
Arrival of military reinforcemetns amid heavy shooting and reports of the fall of many wounded, and they couldn’t be offered first aid because of the heavy shooting

Qudsia
the regime’s army surrounds the protesters at the Institute (Ma’had) Road and fires intensely in the town square.

Demo in Idlib City