Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 0
Number of arrests: 25
Number of demonstration points: 5
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1
Instance of gunfire: 25
Number of areas that were shelled: 6
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 7
Number of defections: 0

|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
Campaigns of raids and arrests by the regime forces occupying Hama city continue. They also continue to search cars passing through their checkpoints throughout the city, as military aircraft hover overhead and shells are launched from the Hama Military Airport toward the city's suburbs.
Today, regime forces encircled Tareeq Halab neighborhood near Fatima al-Zahraa Mosque. They raided a number of houses and arrested some young and elderly men.
In the evening:
Security patrol cars with munitioned forces were seen roaming around al-Qusour neighborhood. Regime forces at the Hama Military Airport launched a number of missiles toward the countryside over the span of over an hour.

¤ Hama Countryside:
Tayebt al-Imam:
Two people, whose names have not yet arrived, were arrested by shabiha from Deir Shmail in the vegetable square. Regime forces were deployed in neighborhoods of the city, particularly the southern neighborhood, where they robbed the house of Abdulsattar al-Khattab.

al-Ghab Plain - al-Jerneyeh Village:
Assad regime forces encircled the villages in Hama's northern suburbs and arrested tens of women.

Aqrab:
Aqrab was heavily bombarded with rockets and artillery shells from checkpoints in nearby pro-regime villages. More than 150 shells struck the village, causing massive damage. At night, another six missiles struck Aqrab after being launched from the Hama Military Airport.

Eastern Hama Countryside:
One Body Battle:
The siege of Northern al-Van village continues, and Free Syrian Army forces destroyed a T-72 tank using a Concourse missile. Shabiha fled the village toward the south, and clashes continued at checkpoints in pro-regime villages until rebel fighters destroyed a second tank in Northern al-Van.

Kafranbooda:
Regime forces shelled Kafranbooda and nearby farms using rocket launchers, setting a number of houses in al-Qsabeyeh village on fire. Wheat crops also erupted in flames. At night, the shelling of Kafranbooda from Tal Othman, Braideej and al-Nahl checkpoint renewed, and more than 20 missiles struck the area in a 30 minute period.

|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
A large number of regime troops who arrived at the military airport via civilian aircraft
https://youtu.be/yoiHCHvOXAw
Missiles launched from the Hama Military Airport toward the suburbs
https://youtu.be/60Fqo1oGny8

¤ Hama Countryside:
Eastern Hama Countryside:
A tour of the area:
https://youtu.be/eYgWUJ1M4pQ
https://youtu.be/HVeD07eqZOU
https://youtu.be/YBsgFrECzYg
https://youtu.be/1Wx15VFQJLU
A tour of liberated al-Zoghba village
https://youtu.be/4vLnL9eY4tw
https://youtu.be/795ZhrUHFkY
https://youtu.be/aYGRZodHys4
Liberated al-Baleel village
https://youtu.be/zPiRkrUwEA4

Aqrab:
Heavy shelling of Aqrab from checkpoints in adjacent, pro-regime villages
https://youtu.be/vOatrrZ3mVg
Intense clashes between shabiha and Free Syrian Army forces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrWvjjGseb4
An attack on a shabiha base using mortar shells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc4p0ay1mto
Smoke fills the sky as a result of shelling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jn82s2twE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YKqYmSAxa4
Brigade 313 of the FSA attacks a shabiha base using mortars in response to the heavy shelling
https://youtu.be/EJRWUrSw3o8
https://youtu.be/18_3rpT5Esk
Heavy shelling of the town from the water company checkpoint
https://youtu.be/-sY_qW1J8jI

Eastern Hama Countryside:
Souha:
Agricultural fields set on fire as a result of indiscriminate shelling
https://youtu.be/e1PZyPgaAnc
Destruction in the aftermath of shelling
https://youtu.be/QbE8sTtdRsM
https://youtu.be/yl6D4Z2G_Kg
One Body Battle:
A T-72 tank destroyed by a concourse missile in Northern al-Van
https://youtu.be/0PxTX3nK6TA
An attack on shabiha in Northern al-Van using 57 mm artillery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_K7fECftXU

Kafranbooda:
Destruction caused by the heavy shelling of Kafranbooda, a northern suburb of Hama
https://youtu.be/zGYygtw4tSE
https://youtu.be/pwkl6-1Q7rE
The Great Mosque after it was struck by all kinds of heavy weaponry
https://youtu.be/OvCMlM-8MHY

Helfaya:
A report on conditions in Helfaya, including interviews with FSA fighters and members of the medical staff at the field hospital, as well as sounds of clashes to the west of the city and destruction as a result of shelling - Aired on Al Jazeera Mubasher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_URrmJNFzuc