63 Killed amid 'Terrifying Explosions' in Homs, Protest in Aleppo
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Syrian regime forces killed 63 people and pounded rebel districts of the flashpoint central city of Homs for a 20th straight day on Thursday.
Seventeen unidentified bodies, 10 children, a media activist and a dissident soldier were among the 63 victims, the Local Coordination Committees, the main activist group spurring protests on the ground, said.
Twenty-four people were killed in the flashpoint central province of Hama, 18 in the restive northwestern province of Idlib, nine in the eastern protest hub of Deir al-Zour, three in the southern province of Quneitra, two in the central opposition bastion of Homs, two in the northern province of al-Raqqa, two in the Damascus suburbs of Daraya and Douma and one in the northern province of Aleppo, the LCC said.
In Homs, the neighborhood of "Baba Amr, as well as parts of Inshaat have been shelled since 07:00 am (05:00 GMT), while mortar rounds slammed into the Khaldiyeh neighborhood," the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdul Rahman, told Agence France Presse.
The bombardment came a day after heavy shelling of Baba Amr, under siege since February 4, killed dozens of people, including two Western journalists.
"We hear terrifying explosions," said activist Hadi Abdullah.
Abdullah, a member of the General Commission of the Syrian Revolution, said that the international outcry over Wednesday's deaths appeared only to have strengthened the regime's determination to eliminate all opposition in the city -- Syria's third largest.
"The more the condemnations pile on, the heavier the bombing becomes," he told AFP.
Abdullah said there was evidence that the makeshift media center where two journalists were killed and two others wounded was deliberately targeted by regime forces.
"We are sure that the center was targeted, because 11 rockets struck in and around it," he said.
"The regime forces intercepted a transmission signal," he added.
Abdullah said that communications between activists had been almost completely cut.
"Today, we couldn't get in touch with around a dozen activists, not by Skype nor by Thuraya (satellite phone)," he said.
Meanwhile, Syrian security forces fired tear gas at protesting students and made arrests at the University of Aleppo, as violence surged in the northern economic hub, a monitor said.
Dozens of students suffered from gas inhalation as security forces fired canisters to disperse them, as they made several attempts to stage a protest on campus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Some 12 students were detained and taken to the university branch of the ruling Baath party, the Britain-based Observatory said.
On Tuesday, security forces opened fire at a protest at the same university. Syria's second-largest city, Aleppo has until recently been spared the violence that rights groups say has killed more than 7,600 people since it erupted last March.
More than 7,600 people have been killed in violence since protests against the regime of President Bashar Assad erupted in March last year, according to Syrian Observatory figures.
23 February 2012, 19:26
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There is NO excuse for killing your own people and on mass. No one should de-humanize others to justify their killing. NO ONE should do that and we as human beings should stand up and help anyway we can. Assad is a butcher and shame on the ones that try to defend such a filthy inhuman government.
23 February 2012, 20:53
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You are naive and lack education my friend. Go back to your cave! Ignorant to say the least!
24 February 2012, 11:06
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why dont you go into your home country of syria and try to video/report the "terrorists" so the world can see the real story you tell?? oh because you'll catch an assad bullet to your dome
24 February 2012, 12:43
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You are right Allouchi, but you only have one person in your sight. Other people have other views too. It doesn't mean you are right and they are wrong because you said so. This is not democracy as we know it. Every country has its dirt. We bombed Hiroshima. Still we are looking for more wars. I think we have you on our sight.
25 February 2012, 02:03
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proof lol? how about thousands of videos?? he's not gona long live except in your sick head. You need help.
23 February 2012, 19:49
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The hypocrites, what about rotten Israel.
The filthy Israeli army killed thousands of Palestinian civilians under the pretext of defending itself from armed terrorists.. humm but the fearless Syrian army bombed the Palestinian camps in Lebanon killing thousands of Palestinian civilians under that same pretext, but never mind that, stay focused on Israels atrocities right.
And don't forget how many thousands Lebanese civilians did the slimy Israeli army kill while pretending to respond to armed terrorists attacks from Lebanon.. OK probably less than the Lebanese civilians killed by the valiant Syrian army innocently returning armed gangs fire in Lebanese towns and cities, silly me I'm getting distracted again.
Now this is dilemma I'm stumped, the smutty Israeli army hasn't killed many Syria civilians has it, unlike what the heroic Syrian army is doing now. Take that ugly Israelis the glorious Syrian army sees your atrocities and raises you one, you lose again!
23 February 2012, 19:59
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Look at the pictures of all those dead people! Because now a picture of a dead Syrian is enough proof that the Syrian army killed him/her/it.
23 February 2012, 20:43
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You are so right Murad, they should just follow Walid Mou3alem's lead and show pictures of non Syrians taken a few years ago outside Syrian and claim those are Syrians killed by the Syrian army, that would be all the proof you need and then a critical "thinker" like yourself would believe them.
23 February 2012, 19:59
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what i do not understand is how the illiterate shiaa still support this criminal. what are they betting on? his days are numbered and no country will deal with him even if he kills thousands more. but at the end of the day, they are illiterate and lack common sense and are not used to democracy but rather wilayet al faqih. and with their lack of common sense and then they wonder why lebanese and arabs are tired of their decisions..
24 February 2012, 02:16
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Saad Hariri referred to KSA as a "democracy". Do you consider KSA a "democracy"?
25 February 2012, 02:05
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KSA is not a democracy, iran is not a democracy and their turn should be next. Fair and square.
23 February 2012, 20:11
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bigsami you are wasting your time the creature cannot was never equipped with a brain it only works when someone pushes a button, in fact it was probably cheering when the syrian army's rocket launchers was killing lebanese
23 February 2012, 20:40
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The readers who are supporting the Assad regime, forgot probably that during the Syrian occupation, their passports were checked by Assad's moukhabarat at the airport, before getting the stamp of the ridicilous Lebanese immigration, or when the Syrians used to stop them and abuse them at check points all over the country. I sincerely hope that they get an equal number of years of civil war as we had, one is gone, 14 to go.
25 February 2012, 02:08
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how about when hizbala and amal killed each other, brother against brother? how about when amal and hizbala went through months of war against the palestenian camps?? how about the assasinations of any she3i intellectual who was critical of iran and the hizbala back in the 80's and the assasinations in the 2000's of all the m14er political figures?. I agree that gaga is not that clean but no one in lebanon is clean or "ashraf" nas bla bla.. this nazi mentality does not belong to this century.
23 February 2012, 21:10
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I don't think Bashar needs anyone support. He handled his country and Lebanon for years single handed. If his time is up, that choice is not yours to be made or his people. It is up to america and israel.
25 February 2012, 02:10
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and this is precisely why the west is extremely hesitant to intervene. Israel is the real deal behind Assad .tell that to mowaten and all those naieve resistors lol. If assad was such a bad dude for israel he would have been bombed back in april and without UN or baloot. The Syrian people took everyone by suprise and embarassed the world. Syria of the future will no longer be good for israel's borders.
23 February 2012, 22:20
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I am an atheist and I think mfawaz is a blind baffoon following the herd and beleiving everything they told him. The atrocities in Bahrain are not ignored, and I personally feel bad about them. However, only a maniac, a nutjob, a tool, or a complete psychopath would think what Assad and his cronies are doing is righteous.
25 February 2012, 02:13
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Those following the hizbustan rhetoric do not see beyond their nose. They do not see that they live in a region full of muslims and that they need to make peace with them instead of supporting the butcher. Iran lives on those sectarian division and cares less what will happen to the arab she3as, go ask the iraqis and you would have a different view about iran than the lebos.
23 February 2012, 23:07
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So based on your logic, you can't argue with Israel's actions against Gaza, the west bank, and Lebanon?
Seriously dude, do you think about what you have written or do you just follow the party line?
23 February 2012, 23:28
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The ignorance on this board is overwhelming. the Americans would love nothing more than democratic countries to deal with. Take what happened in Egypt - the USA could have said to Mubarak to put down the uprising using whatever means - they could have sent ammunition to help them quell the uprising from the beginning - but rather - respected the people who have risen up and reclaimed their right.
The US didn't benefit at all from the ouster of Mubarak - just like it didn't benefit from the ouster of Qaddafi and like they wont benefit from the fall of Assad - the people are the sole beneficiaries.
Hizbollah could have respected the wishes of the masses of people who have risked life and limb to demand their rights, and thousands have been killed (much much more than is reported), yet Hassin from his RAT HOLE selfishly defends the butcher in Damascus - cause he benefits from having the Assad regime in power.
Hassan couldn't care less
24 February 2012, 18:51
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Mubarek left but the regime remains. Egypt still has relations with the Israeli terrorist state and it is still suppliyng it with oil even though the overwhelming majority of the Egyptian people oppose it. What do you think will happen if the Egyptian government supports Palestinians freedom fighters and changes its slavish role toward Israel? Will the Israeli occupied American government continue on supporting the Egyptian people???
25 February 2012, 02:15
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And of course he tells you he follows the husain!? the husain who was killed because he refused opression. Isnt hums today like karbala?? what kind of faith is this?? it is like the faith of the jews: if you are not jewish you are 3rd class citizen. Pretty much the same, different bottles same wine.
24 February 2012, 00:03
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Sectarian feelings should not blind anyone from the humanitarian tragedy that is unfolding in Syria.
The Syrian regime is a Monster that no sect should be proud to be associated with!
24 February 2012, 01:20
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How a shiite can support this evil regime is unbelievable. Didn't Hussein and his followers die fighting against an evil regime? Nasrallah says his supporters are the followers of Hussein; the fact is that they are currently the followers of a modern Yazid, Bashar Assad.
25 February 2012, 02:24
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They view the sunis as the descendants of yazid and mu3awiya so in their sick heads the sunis of hums deserve death. Get it now?? This is what religion brainwashing does to people: the us and them mode, the same people who distributed candy in da7iye when hariri was murdered. Do you hear any criticism of MALIKI on al manar?? didnt maliki come on US tanks!?!? lol.. in other words, the real agenda is SECTARIAN, israel is for rhetoric propaganda purposes. The beauty of this revolution is that it has taken all the masks down. You should read what they think of salah el deen .. you would be suprised.
24 February 2012, 02:09
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"As in Darfur or Kosovo, such calls are in reality an abandonment of people fighting against oppression" Why doesn't the West and their Arab league puppets arm the Palestinians to fight against oppression AND Ethnic Cleansing??? (Maybe Naharnet will print this question even though they do not like it)
24 February 2012, 02:22
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The Syrian opposition are teling many lies. They now are saying that the regime are using Chemical weapons ( I guess next they will claim that the regime used NUKES). If Palestinians made the same claims on the Israeli terrorist state the way the Syrian opposition is doing...the Western press would verify every report and refuse to print any of these lies (and their Arab puppet governments would not print this garbage).
24 February 2012, 09:50
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I saw an interview with an opposition leader in Syria. He said the opposition movement had been hijacked, he accepts to deal with Bashar ruling, than seeing his country being destroyed. Then I go back to the M14 being against Hizballah, by saying they destroyed the country. I would say the same thing about the Syrian opposition, why fight for the destruction of you country?
24 February 2012, 18:41
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"he accepts to deal with Bashar ruling, than seeing his country being destroyed" well the friends of Israel governments would like to see Syria destroyed because this helps Israel. What happens to the people of Syria and Lebanon..they do not care. IF a new regime takes over and it is also not a western puppet regime whether it is Sunni Islamists or anything, The blood thirsty Western Imperialists will try to do the same thing in trying to destroy the country.
25 February 2012, 02:27
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"oppostion leader" lol who the f is that "leader" jc?! lol..stay in america and away from syria hehehe
25 February 2012, 02:29
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The regime would use chemical weapons at some point, i would not be suprised one bit. There is evidence thre regime has used nerve gas in rastan and other areas. Israel can not use such weapons because even their public would oppose it plus the west (who is pretty much the patron) can never condone it. In other words our "enemies" have more mercy than the Arab rulers.
24 February 2012, 02:29
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How a shiite can support this evil regime is unbelievable. Didn't Hussein and his followers die fighting against an evil regime? Nasrallah says his supporters are the followers of Hussein; the fact is that they are currently the followers of a modern Yazid, Bashar Assad.
24 February 2012, 02:44
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"this is not about an existential threat, this is about the massacre of one's own people"...Listen to this Israeli war criminal with the "existential Threat". Israel's existense came about with the colonization and wiping Palestine off the map. Yes you Isarelis do not kill each other. You just love to kill Christians and Muslims.
24 February 2012, 18:19
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WOW! I received 2 Negative votes from 2 Zionist criminals who claim to be Lebanese. This will make a huge differance on the Lebanese public opinion who do not read Naharnet English (LOL)
25 February 2012, 02:19
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john, i would not be suprised if an alliance between israel/iran and the so called "mumana3a" emerges in the next decade against the majority of arabs. Let us remember that iran-shah was an ally of israel. The west is not genuinely against iran, of course they do not want iran with nukes, they just want iran in the size they define. Read history and see who were the allies of the crusaders against the salah el deen (who btw is despised so much in the literature of the mumana3a!). This region is sectarian to the bone and has been for over a thousand years. Israel did not come out of vacuum.
25 February 2012, 02:26
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Assad can not win, his fall is a mathematical certainty. It will take a long time and thousands of casualties but his regime, economy, government structure can not survive. he might convert to become a militia somewhere in latakia. There will be civil war in syria for many years to come until things simmer down.
25 February 2012, 02:35
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mowaten.. ya mowaten.. supporting the killing of the muslims in hums in this barbaric fashion is not an act of FITNA ya genius?? you think the syrian people are stupid?! you just parot the SANA line.. you fear that what you believe in.. what you hear from your hasan n.. might not be true.. might not be logical.. you have blind faith.. just like the jewish settlers.. isnt it the right of the Syrian people to earn freedom?? did you know that even hitler had a line like yours when he attacked europe?? every aggressor has some sick line, You are disgusting.
25 February 2012, 02:37
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mfawaz, and how sick and stupid was it for Hussein to stand against Yazeed?? look in the mirror and ask youself this question. You are just like jews btw, they say the very same lines when they stole palestine from the Arabs. And mowaten, KHAS israel w nos because your thoughts/words are just as evil and your religion (read ur quran instead of watching manar) tells you that your god will judge you on every word and every ill feeling you have in your heart. The people dying in Syria are muslims like you.
