Dailymonitoringreport 6-23-2012-2
Dailymonitoringreport 6-23-2012-2
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- In its statement, the Syrian military has said that it shot down a Turkish warplane "flying in airspace over Syrian waters". The Syrian military statement also said that an "unidentified air target" had penetrated Syrian airspace from the west on Friday at 11:40 local time (08:40 GMT), traveling at very low altitude and at high speed, and the Syrian military shot down it.(2)(3)
Internal Situation
- Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quoted official sources in Aleppo governorate as saying that what it named "armed terrorist gangs" kidnapped "innocent civilians" and "desecrated their bodies," in Daret Azza, Aleppo countryside, an act it describes as a "barbaric massacre" in the area. It is worth mentioning that the civilians in that area were killed by shooting at them.(1)(3)(4)(6)
- Anti-Bashar Assad's regime demonstrations erupted in many districts with the capital Damascus such as Al-Midan, Kafr Sousseh, Nahr- Aisha, AlKadam Al-Asali, Jobar, Barzeh.(1)(2)
Military Situation
- Al-Assad's battalions launched a fierce attack against the defected colonel's birthplace and set fire to his house and also destroyed its contents. In addition, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) evacuated the family of the defected colonel pilot from the house before carrying out their military operation, asserting that the whole family is in a safe place.(1) - Al-Assad's detachments opened fire on many demonstrations erupted in Al-Mezzeh district from the mosques of Al-Mustafa, Al-Kafr Soussi, AlFarouk and Al-Ikhlas. In addition, the worshippers were attacked in the mosque of Great Mazzeh by the pro-Syrian regime Shabiha by knives, cudgels and iron bars to disperse the worshippers to prevent them from holding demonstrations.(1) - Some 25 elements affiliated to Assad battalions and the pro-Syrian regime Shabiha were killed in the village of Daret Azza, Aleppo. Moreover, other 15 governmental soldiers were also killed in Aleppo, Aleppo countryside, Damascus, Rif Dimashq, Daraa countryside, Homs and Homs countryside.
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Political Mobility
- Abdul Basit Sida, head of the Syrian National Council (SNC), said that the international community has to protect the civilians from such an authority- that uses all kinds of weapons- through adopting a resolution under Chapter VII of the U.N. charter that enables the international community to militarily intervene with the aim of settling disputes, adding that the strategic weight of Syria "is more important than the oil factor."(2)
- The Syrian air forces bombed Al-Bab city, Aleppo countryside using missiles, amid an exodus movement from the city.
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- Abou Belal, an activist from Homs, said" 70% of Homs' infrastructure has been destroyed" due to the continuous shelling against it- at the hands of the Assad battalions for many successive months- that particularly targeted, on Friday, the districts of Juret
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Arab
- Mass demonstrations erupted in the Lebanon's Tripoli for expressing solidarity with the Syrian revolution, and the announcement of launching a campaign for expelling the Syrian ambassador to Lebanon in protest at the mascaras committed by the Syrian regime against its people.
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Asharq Al-Awsat AlJazeera net Reuters AFP AP Guardian
International
- The British newspaper "The Times" issued a report that Russia put the two battleships and 300 naval forces on full alert, which is thought to be an evacuation operation for about 10,000 Russian citizens form Syria.(1) - Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, the head of the suspended U.N. observer mission in Syria, said that he does not think that increasing the number of the observers or even arming them would improve the situation in Syria, adding that being unarmed is a good thing as they would not be targeted.(2)
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that he had told his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moallem that Damascus has to implement the peace plan presented by
This Report was issued by Umayya for Researches and Strategic Studies, and it contains pure news that do not reflect an opinion. Edited by Abed Alrhman Alsarraj Page 2