New Massacre in
Homs Claims 220 Lives
Demonstrations in Bab
Draib, Homs in
solidarity with Hama as
it mourns the 1982
massacre
Top Stories
- Assad’s forces
killed at least 220 and
injured 550 in the
neighbourhood of
Khaldiya in Homs as it
continuously shelled its
residential areas with
tanks, heavy artillery,
and missiles.
- Demonstrations
downtown Damascus in
Kafarsouseh and Mazzeh
were faced with heavy
gunfire.
- Syrian refugees in
Turkey went out on
massive demonstrations
in response to the
massacres in Homs.
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Summary of Events
On the first ever
commemoration of the 1982
Hama massacre, Assad's
forces killed at least 220
and injured 550 in the
neighbourhood of Khaldiya in
Homs as it continuously
shelled its residential
areas with tanks, heavy
artillery, and missiles
situated at the Homs Castle.
Many houses were burnt and
many families were buried
under the rubble. Assad’s
forces raided the Amal
hospital where at least 100
injured were present and
executed most of them. The
Qosur neighbourhood was not
so different, as regime
forces shelled it and raided
its residential areas. While
in Rastan, clashes continued
for the eighth day.
In the capital Damascus,
security forces laid siege
to the neighbourhood of
Hajar Aswad and clashed with
defected soldiers. At the
same time, demonstrations in
the areas of Nahar Aisha,
Barzeh, Kafar susa, and
Mazze were faced with heavy
gunfire. In the suburbs of
Damascus, the fourth
regiment started randomly
shelling and bombarding
Zabadani and Madaya from all
corners, which cause many
fires. Furthermore, Daraya
was invaded and more than 50
of its residents were
arrested arbitrary.
The situation was not so
different in Jabal Zawiya in
Idlib and in Tal Shehab in
Daraa, as Assad loyalists
clashed with the
revolutionaries amidst heavy
shelling. The massacres
today led the refugees in
the Turkish camps of Hatay
to rise up in solidarity
with Homs, as the masses
broke the gates they were
locked in and went in
massive demonstrations.
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