42 Martyrs 20-3-2012

Posted by abeer on March 20th, 2012

Local Coordination Committees in Syria
The number of martyrs in Syria reached forty-two, including two children and two women, twenty martyr in Homs, ten martyrs in Idlib, five martyrs in Hama, three martyrs in Damascus Suburbs, and a martyr in each of Damascus, Aleppo, Deir Ezzor and Lattakia

Daraa: Taseel: A demonstration marched in the town a while ago despite the siege which is taking place for over a month. Regime’s forces opened live ammunition against protesters, sounds of LBMB armors and BRDM were heard from the military barrack near the town. Also a sound of a bomb was heard from the barrier in the center of the town and 3 agriculture vehicles loaded with security forces were seen after they dispersed the demonstration

Damascus suburbs: Security and military deployement with vehicles in Bait Tima town and the nearby areas searching for defected soldiers

Homs: Regime’s forces attacked Deir Baalba and 12 people were severely injured associated with the deployment of regime’s snipers in the neighborhood of Abbasieh

Deir Ezzor: Heavy gunfire and sounds of scattered explosions in Jourah neighborhood

Aleppo: Izaz: At least 50 soldiers defected from the regime and joined the Free Syrian Army. The North Battalion led by Mr. Mohammed Hamadeen, have besieged a military security in the city.

Idlib: Regime forces conduct random shelling by tanks on the Turkish-Syrian border near the refugees’ camps

Hama: Madiq Citadel: A large number of residents fled the area to Kafar Zeita and Jabiria as regime forces imposed a curfew on those remaining. A number of residents also fled to Jabal Al-Zawiyeh after 8 days of continuous shelling in the area.

Aleppo: Aazaz: Regime forces fired randomly while two army buses entered the city. Meanwhile, military aircraft are hovering overhead and snipers are stationed at the top of the Aazaz Citadel

Deir Ezzor: Heavy gunfire is reported on passersby, accompanied by widespread heavy security from the streets of Qosour to Jabila, supported by tanks and snipers stationed on tall buildings

Hama: Regime forces are conducting a campaign of arrests and raids, they also occupied the building in front of the medical compound in the neighborhood of Al-Amiriya this morning

Hama: Regime forces are conducting a campaign of raids and arrests of most of the houses in Al-Hamidiya neighborhood. Many arrests are done through insulting men by forcing them to undress and go out to the streets of the neighborhood

Homs: The regime’s forces is shelling Bab Sbaa neighborhood using thermal rockets which led to several injured and martyrs under the rubble and the collapse of houses

Homs: Houses, stores and cars are being demolished and broken in the neighborhood of Qosour following uninterrupted shelling of the neighborhood by the regime’s army and heavy random gunfire

Homs: Sporadic gunfire by regime’s forces targeting houses is reported in the neighborhood of Al-Bayyada

Hama: The regime’s army storms Sahl Ghab and shells Qalet Madeeq and the village of Touwaini using mortar shells and artillery, leading to an exodus of residents from those areas towards safer areas

Daraa: Jassem: Regime forces kidnapped nonviolent activist Dr. Mohamad Awad Al-Ammar and stole his car as he was returning from his clinic in Jassem on Monday. There is no information about him until now. When his family inquired as to his whereabouts, security forces denied knowing anything. It is important to note that he had been arrested a number of times during the past year; one of those times he was kept in detention for 2 months. Dr. Mohamad Al-Ammar is a medical examiner tasked with serving the area and works at the Health Center in Jassem. He had been dismissed as Center president due to his political beliefs.

Daraa: Tafas: A loud explosion was heard in the city, and was followed by gunfire from all security checkpoints in addition a complete electricity blackout

Shelling Um Zenar church in Hamdedieh ,Homs