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Massive Demonstrations Break out in Response to the Assassination of SNC Member Mishal Tammo, and 14 Killed Today
 

Funeral procession for assassinated SNC member Mishal Tammo turns to a demonstration

Funeral procession for assassinated SNC member Mishal Tammo turns to a demonstration

Today’s Top Stories

 • Massive protests broke out all over Syria today in response to the assassination of Mishal Tammo.
• SNC to advocate the suspension of Syria from the Arab League’s membership.
• 14 people killed in Syria as the army undertakes heavy operations in Hama and Idlib, while the Free Syrian Army (FSA) tries to defend and protect civilians.

Today’s Top Videos

• More than one hundred thousand protesters join the funeral procession of Syrian Kurdish opposition leader and SNC member Mishal Tammo, in Qamishli, Al-Hasaka, P2, P3, P4

• Syrian Kurdish activists break into the Syrian embassy in Vienna in response to the assassination of Mishal Tammo

• Demonstrators destroy a statue of former President Hafez Assad in Aamouda, Al-Hasaka

Today’s Summary of Events

The Spokesperson of the Syrian National Council (SNC) Basma Kodmani said that the SNC delegate’s visit to Cairo will advocate the suspension of Syria’s membership in the Arab League. At the same time, members of the SNC are meeting in Stockholm to discuss strategies to topple the regime.

More than 100,000 demonstrators went out today in Qamishli for the funeral procession of Mishal Tammo, who was assassinated yesterday by the regime at his house. Security forces attempted to stop the crowds from reaching the graveyard by firing teargas and live rounds at demonstrators, killing six civilians. Consequently, the funeral procession turned into massive demonstrations calling for the execution of the president. Massive demonstrations also broke out for Mishal Tammo, in Ifreen and Kobani in Aleppo suburbs, Qnaines in Latakia, and Derbasiya, Amuda, and Srikaniya (Ras al-Ain) in Hasaka.

Fourteen civilians were killed today by Assad’s forces during security operations and funeral processions, as mourners were fired upon in Homs and in the suburbs of Damascus. Two were killed in the Damascus suburb of Douma and one in Dameer, while one was killed in Bab Sbaa, one in Deir Baalba, and three in Homs.

In the meantime, Hama underwent heavy military operations as security forces besieged the city with more than a hundred armoured units and buses filled with Assad mercenaries, amidst heavy machinegun fire on Irbin square, Qosur, Mizrab Bridge, Jibrin, and Fraya. In Idlib, Assad forces invaded Saraqeb, while the Free Syrian Army engaged with Assad’s army. In Homs, the army besieged the villages of Jusiya and Nizariya with dozens of armoured units blocking access to the Lebanese border.