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Unprecedented fighting in Aleppo: The biggest rebel force of al-Tawheed brigade in Aleppo announced the start of a "decisive battle" in Aleppo to push Assad's forces out of the country’s biggest city. Fighting was reported in around 14 districts whereby rebels said they captured more towns and neighbourhoods and unleashed unprecedented barrage of mortar fire into army-held areas and other military sites such as the Nerab military airport and the 46th regiment in the suburbs of Aleppo inflicting heavy losses on regime forces but it appears that neither side has made significant gains yet, but rebel leaders claimed they are nearing a "do-or-die" moment in their bid to claim the city.
“Execution style” killing prevails: Regime troops conducted a huge security sweep through anti-regime strongholds across the country. The escalating violence has claimed the lives of more than 1300 people, of which at least 400 were killed in Damascus and its suburbs including 145 murdered with knives on Wednesday only. Regime forces adapted this style of killing believing that it’s one of the most effective way to terrorize the regime’s opposition and thus quell the 19-month revolution.
Uprising Developments
FSA fighters come under unified command: Rebel fighters announced the unification of all brigades and battalions of the FSA with the endorsement of senior leaders under the name of the Joint Leadership of the Military Revolutionary Councils which include 80% of the rebel fighting force on the ground. The move marks a serious effort by the Syrian opposition to unify its ranks and crave out a unified and solid strategy to knock down the Assad regime.
Conflict continues to expand and deepen the humanitarian disaster: The number of Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries could more than double to 700,000 while, the number of Syrians in need of food aid has jumped from 250,000 in April to 1.5 million as more civilians are driven from their homes by an escalating civil war. Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that the humanitarian situation in Syria has deteriorated rapidly during the month of September due to the escalating violence in the country and that the damage and destruction of the country’s infrastructure made it harder for people to find the things they need in order to survive, particularly medical care and medical supplies.
Syria’s heritage in danger: Thousands of shops burned down in a UNESCO world heritage site in the city of Aleppo as fighting between rebels and regime forces in Syria's largest city escalate. Activists estimated that at five souks and between 700 and 1,000 shops had been destroyed so far. UNESCO believes five of Syria's six heritage sites - which also include the ancient desert city of Palmyra, the Crac des Chevaliers crusader fortress and parts of old Damascus - have been affected. The indiscriminate aerial and artillery attacks by regime forces will continue to destroy the world’s oldest heritage.
Economy
Syria’s economy keeps deteriorating: Business Monitor International projected Syria’s budget deficit at 11.3% of GDP in 2012 compared to a deficit of 5.7% in 2011. It also expected the deficit to remain elevated even if the war ends in early 2013. It attributed the widening of the deficit to the fall in total revenues and increase in overall expenditures.
International Reactions
Calls for Arab-led military intervention in Syria increase: Qatar's emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani on Tuesday urged Arab action over war-torn Syria because of the failure of the UN Security Council and other international efforts to end the conflict. Leaders of Tunisia and Egypt hailed the Qatari proposal while reiterating their rejection to a foreign military intervention. According to analysts, Arab countries do not have the military capabilities to act as deterrent forces and do not have a united leadership or coordination. The absence of diplomatic consensus among Arab countries and the inability of the neighbouring countries such as Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon to support such an intervention will likely make the armament of the rebels inside the country and imposing a no-fly and safe zones the most practical way to go.
The international community remains paralyzed: “Everyday more than 4,000 men, women and children become victims of blind repression. How can we continue to accept the paralysis of the UN?” French President asked while addressing the UN General Assembly during its Annual meeting in New York on Tuesday. Hollande also slammed the UN Security Council for its “inertia” on the issue. Other world leaders condemned Assad’s and urged to set up efforts to end the violence but left their meeting without any talking about a serious agenda to bring an end to the 19-month-crisis which will apparently drag on for several more months.
Syrian Press Focus
Life is back to normal in Damascus: The Syrian media said the life in Damascus is back to normal and people are back to their regular life, traffic police was back to the streets in order to ensure the law and order. However, at least 400 civilians died during this week in Damascus and its suburbs only.
UN official meets Syrian reconciliation minister: the Syrian media covered the meeting of Mokhtar Lamani, head of the Damascus office of UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, with the Syrian Minister of National Reconciliation Ali Haidar who then assured that the Syrian regime is willing to cooperate with the armed groups for the sake of finding a way out of the current crisis. Haidar’s comments contradict with the ones given by Syria Foreign Minister Waleed Moallem who confirmed that his regime will not hold any negotiations with the armed groups before dropping off their weapons.
Unprecedented fighting in Aleppo: The biggest rebel force of al-Tawheed brigade in Aleppo announced the start of a "decisive battle" in Aleppo to push Assad's forces out of the country’s biggest city. Fighting was reported in around 14 districts whereby rebels said they captured more towns and neighbourhoods and unleashed unprecedented barrage of mortar fire into army-held areas and other military sites such as the Nerab military airport and the 46th regiment in the suburbs of Aleppo inflicting heavy losses on regime forces but it appears that neither side has made significant gains yet, but rebel leaders claimed they are nearing a "do-or-die" moment in their bid to claim the city.
“Execution style” killing prevails: Regime troops conducted a huge security sweep through anti-regime strongholds across the country. The escalating violence has claimed the lives of more than 1300 people, of which at least 400 were killed in Damascus and its suburbs including 145 murdered with knives on Wednesday only. Regime forces adapted this style of killing believing that it’s one of the most effective way to terrorize the regime’s opposition and thus quell the 19-month revolution.
Uprising Developments
FSA fighters come under unified command: Rebel fighters announced the unification of all brigades and battalions of the FSA with the endorsement of senior leaders under the name of the Joint Leadership of the Military Revolutionary Councils which include 80% of the rebel fighting force on the ground. The move marks a serious effort by the Syrian opposition to unify its ranks and crave out a unified and solid strategy to knock down the Assad regime.
Conflict continues to expand and deepen the humanitarian disaster: The number of Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries could more than double to 700,000 while, the number of Syrians in need of food aid has jumped from 250,000 in April to 1.5 million as more civilians are driven from their homes by an escalating civil war. Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that the humanitarian situation in Syria has deteriorated rapidly during the month of September due to the escalating violence in the country and that the damage and destruction of the country’s infrastructure made it harder for people to find the things they need in order to survive, particularly medical care and medical supplies.
Syria’s heritage in danger: Thousands of shops burned down in a UNESCO world heritage site in the city of Aleppo as fighting between rebels and regime forces in Syria's largest city escalate. Activists estimated that at five souks and between 700 and 1,000 shops had been destroyed so far. UNESCO believes five of Syria's six heritage sites - which also include the ancient desert city of Palmyra, the Crac des Chevaliers crusader fortress and parts of old Damascus - have been affected. The indiscriminate aerial and artillery attacks by regime forces will continue to destroy the world’s oldest heritage.
Economy
Syria’s economy keeps deteriorating: Business Monitor International projected Syria’s budget deficit at 11.3% of GDP in 2012 compared to a deficit of 5.7% in 2011. It also expected the deficit to remain elevated even if the war ends in early 2013. It attributed the widening of the deficit to the fall in total revenues and increase in overall expenditures.
International Reactions
Calls for Arab-led military intervention in Syria increase: Qatar's emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani on Tuesday urged Arab action over war-torn Syria because of the failure of the UN Security Council and other international efforts to end the conflict. Leaders of Tunisia and Egypt hailed the Qatari proposal while reiterating their rejection to a foreign military intervention. According to analysts, Arab countries do not have the military capabilities to act as deterrent forces and do not have a united leadership or coordination. The absence of diplomatic consensus among Arab countries and the inability of the neighbouring countries such as Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon to support such an intervention will likely make the armament of the rebels inside the country and imposing a no-fly and safe zones the most practical way to go.
The international community remains paralyzed: “Everyday more than 4,000 men, women and children become victims of blind repression. How can we continue to accept the paralysis of the UN?” French President asked while addressing the UN General Assembly during its Annual meeting in New York on Tuesday. Hollande also slammed the UN Security Council for its “inertia” on the issue. Other world leaders condemned Assad’s and urged to set up efforts to end the violence but left their meeting without any talking about a serious agenda to bring an end to the 19-month-crisis which will apparently drag on for several more months.
Syrian Press Focus
Life is back to normal in Damascus: The Syrian media said the life in Damascus is back to normal and people are back to their regular life, traffic police was back to the streets in order to ensure the law and order. However, at least 400 civilians died during this week in Damascus and its suburbs only.
UN official meets Syrian reconciliation minister: the Syrian media covered the meeting of Mokhtar Lamani, head of the Damascus office of UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, with the Syrian Minister of National Reconciliation Ali Haidar who then assured that the Syrian regime is willing to cooperate with the armed groups for the sake of finding a way out of the current crisis. Haidar’s comments contradict with the ones given by Syria Foreign Minister Waleed Moallem who confirmed that his regime will not hold any negotiations with the armed groups before dropping off their weapons.