Syrian Revolution News Round-up
ملخص أحداث الثورة السورية
Day 224: Monday, 24 Oct 2011
اليوم ٢٢٤: الاثنين، ٢٤ تشرين الأوّل/أكتوبر ٢٠١١
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The United States Withdraws Its Ambassador from Damascus, Syria
Takes Similar Measure
Demonstrations in Inkhel, Daraa against the Arab League interval
Today’s Top Stories
•The US withdrew its ambassador from Syria after the Syrian
government intensified its media campaign against him leading to
serious threats on his life.
• Syrian government recalled the Syrian ambassador to the US in
response to US ambassador withdrawal.
• Hasan Nasrallah said that what is happening in Syria is a
conspiracy aimed to topple the resisting regime of Assad, while the
rest of the revolutions in the Middle East are completely rightful.
Today’s Top Videos
- A military tank fires indiscriminately at civilian houses
Deir Baalba, Homs causing severe panic among children
- A child shot in the head in
Bayada, Homs by a sniper +18
- Lifeless body of fallen hero child Yusuf al-Samra in
Daraya, Damascus +18
Today’s Summary of Events
The US withdrew its ambassador Robert Ford from Syria after the
Syrian government intensified its vicious media campaign against him,
which led to an increase in serious threats on his life. US
ambassador angered the Syrian government by visiting many revolting
cities, and meeting many demonstrators and opposition figures. The
US declared it will not expel the Syrian ambassador to the US Imad
Moustapha, who had been spying on Syrian dissidents, however, the
Syrian government recalled him in what is deemed as an eye-to-eye
response. France declared it will not pull its diplomats from Syria,
even though the French ambassador’s convoy has been attacked earlier
last month.
Chairman of Hezbollah Hasan Nasrallah said that what is happening in
Syria is a conspiracy aimed to topple the resisting regime of Assad,
he added that the rest of the revolutions in the Middle East are
completely rightful and bear no elements of foreign intervention.
Nasrallah iterated his denial of Hezbollah’s role in suppressing the
demonstrators, and called for an Islamic Christian alliance against
the Israeli-American project.
On the ground, security forces killed fifteen civilians in Homs and
Idlib today, as the regime tries to end demonstrations before its
Arab League provided interval is over. Daraa is still on general
strike for the sixth day in a row, despite the regime’s failed
attempts in forcing the people to resume activities, and the Fourth
Regiment continued its operations in Damascus suburbs, however, its
attempts to seize mutineers only caused more defections within its
ranks.
In Homs, heavy machinegun fire and random shells were fired upon the
neighborhoods of Hamra, Bab Sbaa, Khaldiya, Bayada, Ghouta, Der
Balba, Bab Amr, Bab Draib, Marraija, and Khadr; and the cities of
Qaseer and Talbisa. The arrests campaign continued in Homs on the
neighborhoods of Der Balba, Bayada, and Bab Amr; and the cities of
Talbisa and Taldo, where electricity and communications were cut off,
and a curfew was imposed by shooting anyone that moved to carry out-
house-to-house arrests and searches. Defections were reported in
Taldo, while demonstrations in Central Homs Prison were confirmed.
Despite all that, demonstrations went out in the neighborhoods of
Der Balba, Bayada, Khaldiya, Waar, Qusoor, Bab Hood, Hay Warsha, Bab
Draib, Slaibet Asyati, Inshaat, Ghouta, Hamra, Shammas, Karm Shami,
Karm Zaytoun, Nazheen, Bab Amr, and Jorat Arayes; and the cities and
towns of Qaseer, Hoola, Palmyra, and Qraytain. |
