Syria Today 18-8-2012

Posted by abeer on August 18th, 2012

Local Coordination Committees in Syria
The number of martyrs in Syria has risen to 148 thus far. 57 martyrs were reported in Damascus and its Suburbs; including 40 who were discovered in Tal area, 29 in Deir Ezzor, 27 in Daraa; most of them in Hirak town; 20 in Aleppo; 7 in Homs, 5 in Idlib, 1 in Lattakia, and 1 in Hassakeh

Damascus Suburbs: Mleiha: Regime forces intensely shell the town with mortars and rockets, while opening fire by machine guns from planes

Damascus Suburbs: Tal: Finding of 40 bodies of the city martyrs, who were martyred due to the indiscriminate shelling of the city for several days. The families of those martyrs are stil discovering new bodies

Damascus: Clashes between the Free Syrian Army and the regime forces in Qadam neighborhood, along with shelling of Qadam and Asali neighborhoods

Damascus Suburbs: Bloudan: The regime forces intensely shell houses in which displaced people from Zabadani are residing, in an attempt to increase the pressure on them

Damascus Suburbs: Douma: Number of explosions shook Karm and Malaab areas, accompanied by machine guns’ shelling by the regime forces’ aviation system at Iftar time

Idlib: Jisr Al-Shoghour: 4 shells landed at the villages of eastern suburbs, which were launched by Maasara checkpoint stationed near Mahambal town

Lattakia: Ghanemia: Fierce shelling was launched by regime forces at the village from the observatory of Qasab village

Lattakia: Fierce clashes between the free Syrian army and the regime forces at Baseet junction

Daraa: Hirak: Clashes between the free Syrian army and the regime forces is the fiercest since the beginning of the revolution in an attempt to storm the town by the regime with thousands of soldiers and dozens of armored vehicles and tanks and a cover and shelling by warplanes in the town

Daraa: Hrak: The Free Syrian Army face the violent invasion attack launched by the regime forces that was supported by more than 120 tanks and 50 armors and 10 thousand troops who were trying to break into the city

Damascus: Zamalka: Fierce gunfire from the barriers of Adnan and Zamalka bridge toward pedestrians

Damascus: Hajer Aswad: Clashes between the free Syrian army and the regime forces after an attempt to storm the neighborhood of several axes by the regime forces

Aleppo: Fierce shelling at the residential neighborhoods in Bustan Al-Zahraa

Damascus Suburbs: Renewed artillery shelling by the regime forces’ tanks on Qadam and Asali neighborhoods

Aleppo: Several people were martyred and tens were wounded due to the regime forces’ shelling of Al-Shaar neighborhood. The residents are trying to recover the bodies from the rubble

Damascus:Hajar Aswad: Regime forces are trying to storm the neighborhood accompanied byseveral tanks and armored vehicles, and hundreds of soldiers. Residents fear anew massacre to be committed

Dara: Hrak: Direct heavyshelling of the National Hospital by warplanes

Qamishli: Huge explosion in the Sanaa area, near the Intelligence Branch of the regime, and the escalation of heavy smoke

Aleppo: Fierce clashes are reported between the Free Syrian Army and the regime’s army near the military airport at Al-Nairab bridge

Shelling with Warplanes Targeting Jabal Shahshabo, Hama