Regime forces
murder 15 Palestinians in Damascus
Kl:10,13 14|09|2012 Dengê kurd
Today's Top
Stories
- Regime forces raid the Damascus suburb of Yalda near the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk and execute more than 36 civilians including 15 Palestinian refugees.
- The United States accuses the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of supporting Bashar al-Assad.
- Syrian regime reshuffles its cabinet while the ministry of transportation says it lost more than 18 million dollar this year.
- Harasta, Damascus Suburb: Regime forces murder Ahmad al-Turk, ex-member of the Syrian Parliament, P2
- Yalda, Damascus Suburb: Regime forces commit a massacre leaving scores of civilians dead including some Palestinians, P2, P3
- Aleppo: Rocket launchers and fighter jets bombard the rebels strongholds, P2, P3
Today's
Statistics
- Death Toll: 165 including 6 children and 7 women (Damascus and Suburbs: 66, Aleppo: 52, Daraa: 15, Idlib: 11, Deir Azzour: 9, Latakia: 6, Hama: 4, Homs: 2)
- Free Syrian Army key operations:
- Killed at least 28 army soldiers throughout the country.
- Seized control of a part of the Jaberiya neighbourhood in the city of Aleppo.
- Shelled the military security branch in the city of Boukamal.
Summary of
Events
Activists said that regime forces raided the
Damascus suburb of Yalda which is situated near the Palestinian refugee camp of
Yarmouk and summarily executed more than 36 civilians including 15 Palestinian
refugees. Regime forces also murdered ex-Parliamentarian Ahmad al-Turk along
with four of his family members in the Damascus suburb of Harasta. Activists
also reported more summary executions in the Damascus suburbs of Douma, Bibila,
Thiyabiya and Zamalka and in the neighbourhood of Tadamon. Regime forces also
murdered a number of civilians in the Daraa suburbs of Katiba, Inkhel and
Herak.
The United States accused the Lebanese Shiite militant group
Hezbollah and its secretary general Hasan Nasrallah of supporting Bashar
al-Assad in his fight against opposition forces by providing training and
logistical support.
In response to the regime’s crimes, heavy clashes
broke out between regime forces and rebel fighters in the neighbourhoods of
Hajar Aswd and Daf Ashoq in Damascus and in the provincial town of Harasta.
Assad’s forces also carried out sweeps and arbitrary arrests in the
neighbourhoods of Ruken Adin and in the Kesweh groves while the bulldozers
continued to demolish more houses and commercial establishments in the
neighbourhood of Qabun. Meanwhile, regime forces renewed their fierce and
indiscriminate shelling in the suburbs of Zabadani, Douma, Artouz and
Zamalka.
In Aleppo, a mortar shell hit a residential building in the
neighbourhood of Karm Jabal and while residents rushed into the place, another
mortar shell hit the same place leaving at least nine civilians dead and dozens
more wounded. Dozens more were killed and many were wounded as the regime’s
heavy artillery and fighter jets continued pounding the neighbourhoods of
Fardous, Baydin, Masaken Hanano, al-Bab Road, Qadi Askar as well as its
provincial towns of Deir Hafer, Akhtrin, Khan Asal, Atareb and Rael.
As
the massacres and bombing continue in the country, the UN and Arab League envoy
to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, arrived to Damascus today and met with Syria’s
Foreign Mnister Waleed al-Muallem and his secretary Faisal Moqdad, Brahimi will
also meet Bashar al-Assad tomorrow in a bid to broker a peace plan that would
lead to an end of the crisis.
Syrian Prime Minister Wael Halqi
reshuffled his cabinet by sacking the Minister of Industry Fouad Kurdi and the
Minister of Justice Dr. Radwan Habibi for not being able to meet their duties as
he stated. Halqi appointed Adnana Sakhni as the new minister of industry and
Najem Ahmad as the minister of Justice. Meanwhile, the Ministry of
Transportation said that the transportation industry lost more than 18 million
dollar this year due in part to the current crisis. The Syrian Arab Airlines
reported a total loss of almost a quarter million dollar so far this
year.
Regime forces also continued their massive military offensive
throughout the country, killing dozens of civilians, wounding hundreds others
and forcing thousands of them to flee their homes. Regime forces fiercely
shelled the neighbourhood of Waer in the city of Homs and its provincial towns
of Bowayda, Dabaa, Ghanto and Krak Des Chevalier. They also shelled the
neighbourhood of al-Sad Road in the city of Dara as well as its provincial towns
of Mzereib, Yadouda and Tafas. They resumed shelling the Hama suburbs of Sahl
al-Ghab and Jabal Shahshabo while raiding several neighbourhoods in Hama city
where they were faced with strong resistance by the rebels in the neighbourhood
of Arbaeen. They shelled the city of Deir Azzour and its provincial towns of
Boukamal and Mohasa. They also resumed shelling the Idlib suburbs of Taftanaz
and Saraqeb as wel as the Latakia suburbs of Salma, Aido, Marj Zawiya, Dourin
and Kafarajouz.