Regime Forces Continue Pounding Cities Amid Mass
Defections
kl:11,00 11|07|2012 Sawtalkurd
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- A Syrian Red Crescent aid worker was shot dead in Syria.
- Regime forces killed more than 70 people today.
- Dozens of soldiers defect from the Syrian army and join ranks of armed resistance groups.
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Summary of Events
A Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid worker died a day after he was shot by regime forces in a clearly marked ambulance vehicle in the town of Deir Azzour; Khaled Khaffaji was the fifth member of the aid group's staff to be killed in the conflict in Syria.
Assad’s forces killed more than 75 people across the country today; 11 fell in the province of Homs as it continued to bombard the neighbourhoods of Jouret Sheyah, the Old City, Jobar, Sultaniya, Baba Amr, Khaldiya, Qosur, Qarabis, Daret Ezza and Deir Baalba in the city of Homs and the towns of Rastan, Talbiseh and Qasir in the province of Homs, 21 in the province of Deir Azzour, ten in the province of Aleppo, six in the province of Daraa, two in the province Hama, 17 in the province of Damascus, six in the province of Idlib, one in Qunaitera and seven defected soldiers in various cities.
The regime’s violations of human rights continued across the country as its forces shelled the Aleppo suburbs of Ezaz, Kafar Halab and Daret Ezza, the villages of Jabal Akrad in the province of Latakia, the central city of Daraa and its neighbourhoods of Al-Sad Road, refugee camp and the towns of Kahil, Herak, Othman, Tayba and Tafas in the province of Daraa, the town of Qalaat Madiq and the villages of Shahshabo Mountain and Sahl al-Ghab districts in the province of Hama, the towns of Ma’arrat Noman, Basqala, Kafarsajneh and the district of Jeser Shoghour in the province of Idlib, the city of Deir Azzour and the towns of Shahi, Basira, Baqros, Mayadin, Mohassan and the village of Baloum in the province of Deir Azzour and the Damascus suburb of Harasta.
Assad’s forces carried out massive arrest and sweep campaigns, burnt down and looted houses in the neighbourhood of Saladin in the province of Aleppo, and the Damascus suburbs of Douma, Daraya and Harasta, the central city and the town of Kafarshams in the province of Daraa, the town of Khan Sheikhoun in the province of Idlib and various neighbourhoods in the city of Hama.
Heavy skirmishes where reported between the armed resistance groups and the regime’s forces in the neighbourhood of Qadam in the capital. Revolutionaries announced that they have seized control of the town of Bait Sahem in the province of Damascus. Meanwhile, more than 50 soldiers defected from the 119th brigade in the province of Deir Azzour and 25 others followed suite in the province of Daraa.
A Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid worker died a day after he was shot by regime forces in a clearly marked ambulance vehicle in the town of Deir Azzour; Khaled Khaffaji was the fifth member of the aid group's staff to be killed in the conflict in Syria.
Assad’s forces killed more than 75 people across the country today; 11 fell in the province of Homs as it continued to bombard the neighbourhoods of Jouret Sheyah, the Old City, Jobar, Sultaniya, Baba Amr, Khaldiya, Qosur, Qarabis, Daret Ezza and Deir Baalba in the city of Homs and the towns of Rastan, Talbiseh and Qasir in the province of Homs, 21 in the province of Deir Azzour, ten in the province of Aleppo, six in the province of Daraa, two in the province Hama, 17 in the province of Damascus, six in the province of Idlib, one in Qunaitera and seven defected soldiers in various cities.
The regime’s violations of human rights continued across the country as its forces shelled the Aleppo suburbs of Ezaz, Kafar Halab and Daret Ezza, the villages of Jabal Akrad in the province of Latakia, the central city of Daraa and its neighbourhoods of Al-Sad Road, refugee camp and the towns of Kahil, Herak, Othman, Tayba and Tafas in the province of Daraa, the town of Qalaat Madiq and the villages of Shahshabo Mountain and Sahl al-Ghab districts in the province of Hama, the towns of Ma’arrat Noman, Basqala, Kafarsajneh and the district of Jeser Shoghour in the province of Idlib, the city of Deir Azzour and the towns of Shahi, Basira, Baqros, Mayadin, Mohassan and the village of Baloum in the province of Deir Azzour and the Damascus suburb of Harasta.
Assad’s forces carried out massive arrest and sweep campaigns, burnt down and looted houses in the neighbourhood of Saladin in the province of Aleppo, and the Damascus suburbs of Douma, Daraya and Harasta, the central city and the town of Kafarshams in the province of Daraa, the town of Khan Sheikhoun in the province of Idlib and various neighbourhoods in the city of Hama.
Heavy skirmishes where reported between the armed resistance groups and the regime’s forces in the neighbourhood of Qadam in the capital. Revolutionaries announced that they have seized control of the town of Bait Sahem in the province of Damascus. Meanwhile, more than 50 soldiers defected from the 119th brigade in the province of Deir Azzour and 25 others followed suite in the province of Daraa.