Yahoo: Assad predicts disaster if West meddles in Syria

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...es-bombed.html

Syria: Easter cancelled in Homs after churches bombed

For the first time in centuries no services were held to mark the festival of Easter in Christian churches of war-torn Homs as the Syria government inflicted a heavy bombardment in defiance of UN-brokered ceasefire talks.

“You could feel Easter across the whole city. Everybody would put on their best clothes, a the children would parade around their church playing instruments,” said Dima. “We painted boiled eggs and brought them to Church to be blessed.”

“It is a family occasion. Everyone would visit their relatives, bringing with them colourful eggs and chocolate for the children. My grandparents would put on huge meals, often a whole sheep, for the whole family”.

Two weeks ago Moussa’s relatives fled from Homs as government forces began shelling the Christian neighbourhoods of Hamidiyah and Boustan al-Diwan where they lived. Videos of the area show streets riddled with debris, and concrete buildings shattered by shells and bullet holes.

“The windows of my grandfather’s home were shattered by shelling,” said Moussa. “The regime doesn’t care anymore, they are targeting all neighbourhoods, and mosques and churches.”

“It is too dangerous to go to Church, as the regime is even shelling these,” said Saif al Arab, an activist in Homs who claimed to be in contact with Christians in his neighbourhood. “There is not enough food for them to celebrate in the traditional way. This is not a celebration, they gathered to pray for the people who have been killed in the bombardments”.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?p...17848338242310

Local Coordination Committees in Syria

The number of martyrs has risen to 160, among them are at least 40 women and children, and 8 Free Syrian Army members. 52 in Homs, 45 in Aleppo, 36 in Hama, 16 in Idlib, 6 in Damascus Suburbs, 2 in Kilis Refugee Camp in Turkey, 1 in Deir Ezzor,1 in Hassakeh and 1 in Saidaa Daraa.
7 hours ago

Shelling in Homs today



Demonstration in Saydeh Zainab, Damascus tonight



Supposedly the deadline just passed.
I guess we will see what happens now....

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https://twitter.com/#!/tweets4peace

Shelling on Mare' in Aleppo - Wonder why the main city hasn't moved properly after suburbs have been blown to pieces. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f33nPK7RSo
7:46 AM

Homs Syria: Albayada: The school that was a refuge for those fleeing shelling was attacked by the regime. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0sHg...ature=youtu.be
7:48 AM

Dear Annan - Shelling of my city Homs today - http://youtu.be/QO-jSW0SI_Y http://youtu.be/etWNogJPe_k http://youtu.be/gZWcM2AKXRQ http://youtu.be/fPRzF8hivQM
7:51 AM

Minimum count is 20 dead and 72 injured in Albayada Homs so far due to shelling. Number is rising. Congrats on the deadline Annan.
7:52 AM

Deadline day - Alkhaldiyeh Homs Syria - The moment the shells come down http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_G4eHPuh60 Near the cameraman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58PvOBOvXEU
8:06 AM

foreignoffice WilliamJHague do something, words are not enough, why isn't he being investigated by the ICC yet, why is he being given time
8:25 AM

https://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque

AJA / reporter: Annan circled above the Killis camp in a helicopter but never landed, we're told due to security concerns.
8:05 AM

It's nice that Annan is worried about being sniped by Syrian soldiers while touring the Killis camp in Turkey.
8:08 AM

Reports security forces have put Achrafieh in Aleppo under lockdown after gunfire was heard in the area.
8:23 AM

McCain and Lieberman arrived to the Yayladagi refugee camp in Turkey.
8:52 AM

I have the a feeling the American congressmen will receive a warmer welcome than Annan did, will probably stay longer too.
9:04 AM

https://twitter.com/#!/IvanCNN

Resident of Yayladagi refugee camp says protesters yelled "liar" & hurled insults at UN special envoy Kofi Annan during his visit.
8:47 AM

UN envoy Kofi Annan arriving Hatay after chopper tour over Kilis refugee camp where Syrian soldiers wounded 4 yesterday http://pic.twitter.com/wUtdwGyK
9:19 AM

https://twitter.com/#!/ArabSpringFF

Kafranbel today "The people want to arm the Turkish army" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpYC8te19Oo
9:26 AM

https://twitter.com/#!/SkyNewsBreak

AFP: Spokesman says Syrian rebels will resume attacks if regime delays withdrawal
9:36 AM

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...17848338242310

Local Coordination Committees:

The number of today's martyrs has risen to 45. 25 in Homs, 8 martyrs in Idlib, 7 martyrs in Hama, 3 martyrs in Tafas in Daraa, a martyr in Harasta in Damascus Suburbs, and a martyr in Deir Ezzor
50 minutes ago

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...9b255d557c4439

The main Syrian opposition group estimated that some 1,000 people have been killed in escalating regime attacks in the week leading up to Tuesday's withdrawal deadline, though such figures cannot be verified independently.

France and Britain accused Syria of deception and even Damascus ally Russia seemed critical of Bashar Assad's regime, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov complaining that Syria's "efforts to implement the plan could have been more active and resolute."

Syrian opposition leaders said Tuesday they remain committed to the cease-fire brokered by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, which requires Syrian forces to withdraw from towns and villages on Tuesday and both sides to cease all hostilities by 6 a.m. Thursday

French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero on Tuesday dismissed Syria's claims of a withdrawal as "a new expression of this flagrant and unacceptable lie" and British Foreign Secretary William Hague accused Damascus of using the cease-fire deadline "as a cover for intensified military efforts to crush Syria's opposition."

Activists said Tuesday they've seen no signs of a troop pullback.

Instead, regime forces have used heavy weapons including anti-aircraft guns against civilians, Bassma Kodmani, a spokeswoman for the largest opposition group, the Syrian National Council, told reporters in Geneva.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an activist group, said the Syrian regime gave no indication it was pulling back forces. Instead, the group and activists in Syria reported shelling attacks and raids in several locations in the north, center and south of the country, it said.

"Soldiers are not being withdrawn from towns and villages," said Fadi al-Yassin, an activist in the Idlib province close to Turkey. "On the contrary, reinforcements are being sent."

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https://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque

Annan rephrased: My plan did not fail yet. I will keep trying. --Until every last Syrian protester is dead.
10:05 AM

Damn the press at the conference and their stupid questions!! How about: You said April is 10 is Assad's deadline, what happened?
10:07 AM

Annan: The information I received from private intelligence sources is that some units have been withdrawn but also new areas were assaulted
10:07 AM

Annan: The plan was not implemented according to the set schedule but that does not mean it cannot be implemented.
10:08 AM

Dear Mr. Annan, We want a firm, unmovable deadline for when you will say "my plan failed."
10:10 AM

Annan admitted that Assad has opened new battlefronts since agreeing to the April 10 deadline, but is still optimistic.
10:16 AM

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http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetai...?newsId=277026

Turkey seeks new Security Council resolution on Syria, Erdoğan says

Turkey dispatched its diplomats and senior politicians on Tuesday to lobby UN Security Council (UNSC) members for a new resolution on Syria with the hope that it will bring an end to the deadly crackdown on the opposition by the regime in the 13-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

Asked about the possibility of a buffer zone inside Syrian territory, Erdoğan said that nothing had been ruled out, adding that Turkey would consider all options on the table. “We'll take what is the most appropriate [course of action on Syria]”

Erdoğan noted, stressing that Turkey does not want to enter into Syria. “But if anybody were to force us to do exactly that, it would be the Syrian regime itself. They [the Syrian regime] ought to take the necessary steps to ensure that they do not put us in that position,” Erdoğan warned.

The number of refugees who have fled to Turkey from the violence in Syria has exceeded 25,000. Erdoğan confirmed Turkey's “open door” policy again on Tuesday, saying that Turkey would never close its doors to the Syrian people even if this number reaches 100,000. “You are seeing how these people are escaping [from Syria] on some international television stations. These people are not fleeing on a whim. They are fleeing death. You cannot close your doors to these people,” the prime minister said.

“They [Syrian soldiers] are even shooting fleeing people in the back. They are shooting mercilessly regardless of whether they are women or children. Look, he [Syrian President Bashar al-Assad] gave a promise to Mr. [Kofi] Annan, but 60, 70, 80, 100 people have been killed every day since then.

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Protest in Andan Aleppo, where a massacre took place over the weekend.


Smoke from shelling rising over Allepo outskirts


Protesters at Aleppo University


Shelling in Khaldiya, Homs


More shelling in Homs



https://twitter.com/#!/AnonymousSyria

Two protests in one video at the University of Aleppo today http://y2u.be/MzpHslt0KPY
9:46 AM

Peaceful protest in the dormitories of Aleppo University, dispersed spontaneously when securities arrived http://y2u.be/BJn8kq3ZLkc
10:56 AM

Students at the dormitories of Aleppo University have been tear-gazed today, responded by throwing stones http://y2u.be/BkpiBVF4pbY
11:00 AM

Pro-Assad thugs shoot at protesters in Ashrafiyah neighborhood in Aleppo today http://y2u.be/QUB156ajeR4
11:01 AM

https://twitter.com/#!/ArabSpringFF

Message from Khaled Abo Salah under shelling in Homs. "This is the date the army said they would withdraw!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lokoi75IHrY
11:28 AM

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?p...17848338242310

Local Coordination Committees in Syria:

The number of martyrs in Syria today has risen to 62 including 3 children, 4 women and 2 recruits. In Homs alone, there were 26 martyrs, 8 in Idlib, 20 in Hama, 5 in Daraa and 1 martyr in each of: Aleppo, Harasta (Damascus suburbs) and Deir Ezzor
13 minutes ago

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https://twitter.com/#!/LuisaZangh

URGENT: Pls RT. Rape of many young girls by Assad loyalists in Homs over last 12 hours People must know the truth of the scum regime
1:09 PM

FSA soldier: 'How do you tell a young 11 year old girl she is pregnant when she complains of tummy ache?' Syria Scum Assad thugs...
1:23 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/ArabSpringFF

Wonderful moment when two protests come together in the Midan area of central Damascus city http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puk-Fjsy57Q

FSA helping families escape in Arabain neighbourhood in Hama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCxcLwOsLCE
2:29 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/NMSyria

Q: "Does the new deadline of April 12, put both the government and opposition on equal footing regarding the 6 point plan?" To Amb. Rice.
1:59 PM

A: "This is not a new deadline, Annan has said that there is still an opportunity for the government to fulfill commitments"
2:00 PM

Ugh....


Some interesting info on the FSA and the situation in Syria, and also options for what to do next.
https://twitter.com/#!/washinstitute


https://twitter.com/#!/IvanCNN

At same camp, Syrian refugees scuffled w/police,chanted "Kofi Annan liar! Get lost!" But McCain/Lieberman got hero's welcome, kissed babies
1:24 PM

US Lawmakers McCain/Lieberman toured refugee camp wearing Syrian rebel flag scarves, kissing babies, signing a refugee's cast
1:36 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/BBCBarbaraPlett

Annan tells UNSC it's clear Syria govt has failed to send the signal of peace it was supposed to w/ military pullback
1:08 PM

UNSC has underscored Annan's call for Syria govt to "change its military posture" by Thursday morning...
2:21 PM

...& UNSC stresses Annan call for Syria oppo to keep ceasefire commitment so as to give no excuse to govt to reneg on pledges
2:23 PM

So they should keep from fighting back and defending themselves for another day or two, and give the regime free reign to do whatever they want?

I guess that's better than giving the regime an excuse to do what they're already doing and clearly are going to keep doing anyway.

To be fair though, the FSA has said they would give the regime until Thursday earlier today anyway.


http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...17848338242310

Local Coordination Committees in Syria:

The number of martyrs in Syria today has risen to 70 including 3 children, 5 women and 4 recruits. In Homs alone, there were 30 martyrs, 22 in Hama, 9 in Idlib, 5 in Daraa,2 in Aleppo and 1 martyr in each of: Harasta (Damascus suburbs) and Deir Ezzor
9 minutes ago

[China]

At least three generals 'among Syrian military dead'

At least three senior Syrian generals were killed in the early months of President Bashar al-Assad's attempts to put down an uprising, according to a government toll sent to the United Nations.

Fourteen colonels, 15 lieutenant colonels, a major and three captains were also on the list of 721 military killed between March 18 and November 24.

The letter was sent to the United Nations by Syria's UN mission in December but an annex giving the names and ranks of the dead was only released on Tuesday.

The three brigadier generals killed include Adnan Zaydan Dib, a top officer in the Syrian special forces who was wounded in Homs in August and died in hospital the following month, according to the letter.

Since the list was drawn up, one other senior general was gunned down in Damascus in February, official media said. Dissident soldiers killed another general in Hama in January after refusing to carry out his orders, according to Syrian activists.

The Syrian government said last week that 2,088 soldiers and security agents and 478 police have now been killed since mid-March.

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http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/10...ia-with-a.html

Bosnians watching Syria with a sense of having been there

https://twitter.com/#!/LuisaZangh

FSA soldier 'when I look at these young pregnant girls I feel hatred for Assad but proud we r fighting for a better tom for the kids'
5:56 PM

NOW CONFIRMED: 38 young girls between the ages of 10-16 were raped by Assad thugs today in a village just outside Homs 6 died
6:47 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/DamascusSYR

BREAKING Central Damascus: A powerful explosion was heard, and was followed by bursts of gunfire along King Adel Street.
6:39 PM

BREAKING: Reports of violent clashes between the Assad Regime army and the FSA all over Homs
6:40 PM

Damascus Suburbs: Domair: Gunfire is reported in Al-Gharbi neighborhood right now.
6:40 PM

Aleppo University: An explosion in Unit 17 of University Camp resulted of breaking of windows and news of 2 injured. Security alert in city
6:40 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/KareemLailah

BREAKING: HUGE defection in Assad's army in Homs now.
6:33 PM

Some soldiers in the 4th brigade assassinated a high ranking officer in Damascus.
6:41 PM

Huge Explosion in al-Malek al-aadel street in Damascus now. Via LCC
6:42 PM

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...17848338242310

Local Coordination Committees in Syria:

The number of msrtyrs rose to 101 thus far most of whom were killed in the massacre of Deir Baalba and many of them are children and women. 56 in Homs, 22 martyrs in Hama, 12 martyrs in Idlib, 6 martyrs in Daraa, 3 martyrs in Aleppo, 1 martyr in Harasta in Damascus Suburbs and 1 martyr in Deir Ezzor
3 hours ago

Evening demonstration in Tareeq Halab, Hama


Evening demonstration in Malaab, Homs


Evening demonstration in Douma, Damascus


Evening demonstration in Barza, Damascus

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This would be somewhat hilarious if it weren't so sad.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...83A08620120411

Annan says Syria promises to respect ceasefire

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said on Wednesday the Syrian government have assured him they will respect a ceasefire with rebel forces, less than 24 hours before a deadline to suspend hostilities.

"I have received government assurances they will respect the ceasefire. If everyone respects it I think by 6 in the morning on Thursday we shall see improved conditions on the ground," Annan said during a visit to Tehran to shore up support for his United Nations and Arab League-backed peace plan.

And I think the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, and Santa Claus will be riding into Syria on unicorns right afterwards.



https://twitter.com/#!/AJELive

Iranian Foreign Secretary: "People of Syria have the right to enjoy their rights" http://aje.me/tz8yfa
1:53 AM

Iranian Foreign Secretary: "We oppose any meddling in Syria, change can only come through Syria and Basher Al Assad" http://aje.me/tz8yfa
1:54 AM

Iranian Foreign Secretary: "We are happy with the Annan plan, as no mention of government change in Syria" : http://aje.me/tz8yfa
1:56 AM

Kofi Annan : "I am happy Iran has endorsed the six point plan in Syria" http://aje.me/tz8yfa
1:57 AM

Awwww. How nice.


https://twitter.com/#!/NMSyria

Daraa: Regime army invade both Ghosom and Ma'arbah towns with tanks, accompanied by heavy gunfire.
2:33 AM

BREAKING: Damascus Suburbs: Dumair: Military warplanes flying over the city as we speak.
2:43 AM

BREAKING: LCC: Tanks have stormed Kafarsouseh - Damascus
3:06 AM

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http://www.theatlanticwire.com/globa...d-syria/50990/

Kofi Annan Can't Admit He Failed in Syria

Annan turned his efforts to Iran today, yet another country that might be able to rein in Bashar al-Assad, but probably won't. Like China and Russia, the Iranians insist that other nations need to stay out of Syrian affairs, which means they support "peace' as long as they don't have to do anything about it. That leaves it up to the United Nations to enforce their own rules, but if they won't arm the rebels (which Annan says would be "disastrous") and they won't send in actual peacekeeping forces, then they've given Syria no reason to obey .... and have actually provided two weeks of diplomatic cover while Assad continues to massacre his own people.

We know that Annan — who was the director of the United Nations peacekeeping divsion during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 — means well, but his fundamental belief that the political process can get bad people to do the right thing has done nothing to help the people Syria. Annan says that "The political process must be Syrian-led and respect the aspirations of the Syrian people," but if the Syrian government respected the aspirations of its people, it wouldn't be bombing them. We don't know what Annan thinks he's negotiating, but it isn't peace.

https://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque

Assad is supposed to withdraw his army from population centers, instead he opened new fronts. (1)
8:58 AM

Assad is supposed to cease fire, instead he is escalating hostilities even in quiet regions. (2)
8:59 AM

Assad is supposed to allow in foreign media, instead he is sending his army to kill reporters across borders. (3)
9:00 AM

Assad is supposed to release all detainees, instead his forces has increased detention rates. (4)
9:01 AM

Assad is doing the exact opposite of the Annan plan, yet Annan believes Assad will comply within 12 hours. (5)
9:02 AM

https://twitter.com/#!/tweets4peace

The same tanks Bashar supposedly put away sent missiles onto 2 homes in Alqusair full of children and women - several causalities
9:12 AM

The field hospital cannot handle the large numbers, doctors are in tears due to lack of aid- "many many children injured"
9:13 AM

Alkhaldiyeh: Missiles fall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXT8c...re=uploademail Bab Hood-Gunfire continues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0PUP...ature=youtu.be
9:39 AM

Heavy shelling on Alqusair - as they come down onto civilian homes. http://youtu.be/TLZUvABJqfc 11/04/2012
9:26 AM

https://twitter.com/#!/SeekerSK

Idlib: Reports of 2 martyrs and 2 arrested while trying to flee to Turkey when they were chased by regime forces
9:43 AM

Daraa: Taseel: 20 Soldiers defected from regime army while 12 soldiers were captured after trying to defect
9:44 AM

At least 30 martyrs in Wadi Barada in Damascus Suburbs when regime forces stormed town, some critically wounded w/ missing body parts
9:45 AM

http://www.acus.org/natosource/turke...ato-protection

President Abdullah Gül and Defense Minister İsmet Yılmaz both signaled last week that a military option is on the table and Turkey must be prepared for the possibility.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday, the eve of his landmark visit to China, that Turkey will take its own measures against Syria after the UN deadline for the cease-fire in Syria. The Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) announced on Friday that it was preparing to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria in the event that Turkey or the international community calls for a “humanitarian aid corridor” inside Syrian territory.

What will happen if the UN cannot get its act together, and Russia and China end up using their veto powers for the third time? Ankara will probably invoke the 1998 Adana agreement with Syria to justify the military interference while calling on NATO members for the application of the Article 5 of the NATO Charter, which says that an attack on any member shall be considered to be an attack on all.

When the government decides to seek a mandate from the Turkish Parliament for troop deployment in a foreign country, as it must according to the Constitution, it will mean the real warning shot for military incursion into Syria has already been fired.

https://twitter.com/#!/BSyria

Annan's extension/grace period: http://j.mp/HBD53V A brilliant cartoon by Emad Hajaj.

Demonstration in Daaboul Street, Damascus today


Demonstraton in Tamaneeh, Idlib


Big protest in Atman, Daraa



Female students protest in Deir Azzour

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https://twitter.com/#!/BreakingNews

Kofi Annan says Syrian government has told him it will halt all fighting by 6 a.m. Thursday deadline - AP, Reuters
10:42 AM

https://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque

Addounia: Our noble forces will cease operations tomorrow after having completed their mission to eradicate terrorists.
10:42 AM

Addounia: Our nobles forces will remain on stand-by to promptly intercept any news terrorist attempts.
10:43 AM

It's interesting how the plan went from saying that

-the burden was on Assad and his forces to withdraw and stop the killing and then for the opposition to commit to the ceasefire.

to saying that

-Assad and co. can wait until the Thursday deadline to do all that, but they have the right to respond to any attacks that happen afterwards. On the other hand the opposition is now brought down to the regime's level in that they have to adhere to the same deadline and even worse have been told explicity not to retaliate, fight back, or defend themselves against the regime forces for fear of provoking them.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...ria?CMP=twt_gu

Assad must face day of reckoning, says Cameron

Prime minister, on tour in Asia, presses for UN security council resolution as he denounces Syrian regime's savagery

I'm not sure what a security council resolution will accomplish at this point though, unless there are consequences laid out or some sort of military option involved. The Annan peace plan is pretty much the same thing anyway except for maybe calling for Assad to step down...which he won't do.

Now I could understand if people want to go at the SC one more time to see once and for all that diplomacy has failed, but otherwise it just keeps dragging things on.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...17848338242310

Hama: Halfaya: Regime forces storm the town amid a campaign of raids and arrests
8 minutes ago

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...17848338242310

Homs: Violent shelling on Bab Houd neighborhood with tank's artillery from Al-Sham road direction
3 minutes ago

https://twitter.com/#!/Reuters

20 Syrian Army tanks move into Hama city center - Hama resident activist
11:24 AM

Syrian Army begins shelling town of Rastan - Rastan resident activist
11:25 AM

Must resist urge to break something....



https://twitter.com/#!/ArabSpringFF

Massive shelling on Khaldiyah and Bayada right now, and massive explosions are heard.
11:23 AM

There are a huge number of security forces going around Hama.
11:30 AM

Shelling on Homs is extremely intense, the heaviest shelling ever heard. Shells being launched from Waer military college.
11:43 AM

---------- Post added April-11th-2012 at 11:51 AM ----------

Protest in Jarjanaz, Idlib today



Destruction in Homs today from shelling


Protest in Deir Sharqi, Idlib


Shelling in Jouret Al-Shayah

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https://twitter.com/#!/LuisaZangh

Very severe gun battles on Corniche in Homs Syria. Several bodies on the side streets...
12:13 PM

FSA reports in now: To anyone still in Homs. Move to basements of buildings (if poss) as regime unleashing missile attacks for 12 hours
12:20 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/itsEnas

Jouret At Shayyah district in Homs is nearly totally destroyed by now. Not a single building/house/shop left unharmed.
8:12 AM

Shelling reportedly is insane on Homs right now. Every single district is being targeted by the bombardment.
12:02 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/ArabSpringFF

Security forces and soldiers are carrying out raids in several areas of Hama city and there's a lot of random car inspections everywhere.
12:27 PM

New FSA battalion formed in Homs city http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Dc66jqF-4
12:38 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/LccSy

Banyas: A powerful explosion was heard in the city a short time ago ‎http://fb.me/1POkL29R8‏
1:26 PM

Huge protest in Deir Azzour now
http://bambuser.com/v/2545186


https://twitter.com/#!/Bambuser_Alert

LIVE NOW: Big demos in the streets of Aleppo - Ferdaous Syria
http://bambuser.com/v/2545312
1:19 PM

Shelling damage in Khaldiya, Homs


Rockets slamming into buildings in Khaldiya, Homs


Tanks firing into Qarabees, Homs


Funeral in Kafir Zeit, Damascus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOxsgTeYFrI


Live protest in Aleppo now
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/albab-live







Protest Wednesday night in the heart of Damascus



Destruction from regime forces' attacks and massacre in Hretan, Aleppo a few days back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC0yAdeRfbA

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Protest in Bokamal


Protest in the Kafersouseh, Damascus city center mall


Huge demonstration live in Al Amaara Idlib, now
http://bambuser.com/v/2545612

Protest in Hawle, Homs today


More shelling and Destruction in Homs (Baiada) today



Another protest around Damascus today, this one in Midan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDdxbmBKwyU


http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...17848338242310

Local Coordination Committees in Syria :

The number of martyrs has risen to 97, most were from the Deir Baalba massacre in the second consecutive day and including 2 women, 4 children, and 5 defected soldiers; who were lost earlier and it was confirmed today that they were martyred: 57 martyrs in Homs, 6 martyr in Daraa, 7 martyrs in Wadi Barada in Damascus Suburbs, 4 martyrs in Hama, 2 martyrs in Aleppo, 2 martyrs in Lattakia and 2 martyrs in Deir Ezzor
2 minutes ago

I'm not sure I understand how they got to 97 here....

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...17848338242310
Updated to 100 now, but I'm still failing to see how they get from 83-100.
I assume they either forgot something (maybe from Idlib?) or some of it is from yesterday that wasn't confirmed until today and for some reason doesn't get seperate mention.

Here's what the SRGC lists:


https://twitter.com/#!/tweets4peace

SRGC: From 60: 6 children, 13 women, 9 defected soldiers, 2 martyrs under torture + a massacre made of 10 martyrs in Alrastan.
5:11 PM

SRGC: Homs: 38 martyrs from them 13 women and 2 children. Daraa: 6 martyrs from them 3 defected soldiers and a martyr under torture.
5:11 PM

SRGC: Damascus suburbs: 10 martyrs including 3 children. Lattakia: 2 martyrs from them a colonel killed in Jisr Alshughoor.
5:13 PM

SRGC: Idlib: 1 defected soldier. Deir Ezzor: 1 martyr due to fire from Assad security forces. Hama suburbs: 2 defected soldiers.
5:14 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/ArabSpringFF

The "stop the killing" protest outside the parliament in the heart of Damascus. (With my expert face blurring) http://pic.twitter.com/plTMeDzQ
4:44 PM

Damascus city is getting really active lately. Lots of stop the killing protests, large protests in Midan and new protests in daring areas.
4:51 PM

Very heavy gunfire in Zabadani tonight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmVus...ature=youtu.be
5:04 PM

Inshaat, Homs before and after regime shelling. Will cost millions to rebuild, but we cannot replace martyrs. http://twitpic.com/8w9fmg

We won the Friday name vote! Thanks to all who worked hard for us to win. Syria is for all.
5:05 PM

The official name for the Friday protests this week is "Revolution for All Syrians".

[visionary]

https://twitter.com/#!/WashingtonPoint

Talked to two activists from Damascus and 1 northern suburb, no one sees any withdrawal of tanks or forces as few hours left to the deadline
6:41 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/con_agius

Talking to a contact in Homs. It's calm at the moment. They say they hope it will stay this way
7:24 PM

He says FSA will respect ceasefire if army respects ceasefire in Homs. He says people are nervous, but hopeful.
7:26 PM

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/Syria

2 hours 30 min ago

Activists in Damascus have staged a sit-in and a flash mob at around 7:00 pm local time in the City Mall, located in Kfar Souseh neighbourhood.

They held banners that read: “Stop killing us. We want to build a nation”.

Four of the participants were briefly detained before their release at 10:20 pm local time.

We have received the following footage and photos of the event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxmtO...layer_embedded

2 hours 25 min ago

US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in a telephone call Wednesday that "more resolute" UN Security Council action was need on Syria, the White House said.

"The president and chancellor shared the concern that the Assad government was not complying with the terms of the agreement negotiated by Kofi Annan and continued to engage in unacceptable brutality against its own people," a White House statement said.

44 min 6 sec ago

Anti-government protesters in the Deraa town of Nahr Eisheh have reportedly cut off the international highway between the southern province and the capital Damascus tonight using inflammable material.

https://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque

Ceasefire officially in place. Now monitoring to see if the parties are complying.
11:00 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/AP

Opposition activists say no reports of major violence in Syria as truce deadline passes: http://apne.ws/HysqFQ -JM
11:05 PM

Right now.
There was plenty earlier today.
We'll see if this will last,
Even if it does, there's multiple other conditions that haven't been met by the regime.
They were supposed to meet them all before the opposition was to agree to a ceasefire.



https://twitter.com/#!/blakehounshell

But tanks not pulling back RT @lou_reuters: Syria truce deadline passes, no reported violence http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...83B06P20120412
11:51 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque

We've documented only one violation of the ceasefire so far: Intensive shelling on Zabadani between 06:00 and 06:20.
11:53 PM

1 hour since the ceasefire took hold. Only one violation recorded so far.
12:00 AM

Shelling on neighborhoods in Homs usually begins between 05:00 and 07:00. All quiet so far all over the province.
12:02 AM

Secondary sources reporting "no violations to report" in Idlib. Primary sources are apparently making use of quiet to sleep in.
12:04 AM

Army still deployed in large numbers in Deir Ezzor but no reports of shooting there
12:06 AM

Rastan activists will take advantage of the ceasefire to film Assad's tanks up close. Wish them luck.
12:07 AM

The ceasefire seems to be continuing so far.
I guess we'll see how long it lasts, and if any of the other conditions will be followed and kept to at some point.
(Withdrawing forces/tanks/artillery, allowing in reporters, releasing detainees, begining negotiations)

[visionary]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/12/world/...html?hpt=hp_t1

Guns fell silent in Syria Thursday after an early morning cease-fire took effect and cast an eerie calm over restive cities and towns that had been pounded by government forces in recent days.

Opposition activists reported sporadic violence, however, and said President Bashar al-Assad had failed to pull back troops from population centers, another key condition of a United Nations-backed peace plan brokered by special envoy Kofi Annan.

Gunfire killed a man in Hama province, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, and the Local Coordination Committees (LCC), an opposition network across Syria, said shelling resumed in a neighborhood of Homs.

But for the most part, after months of slaughter, residents of hotspots throughout the beleaguered nation woke up to the quietest day in months. The peace plan set a 6 a.m. deadline for a cessation of military action.

"Interestingly, we have been only hearing the sounds of birds," said Abu Salah, a Homs resident. "However, we have seen the security forces on alert."

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middle...195930564.html

Protests break out as Syria ceasefire holds

Demonstrators take to streets in Deir al-Zour and Idlib as government appears to halt offensive in line with peace plan.

An internationally brokered ceasefire in Syria has come into effect with few reports of violence, but the government has not begun withdrawing troops and armoured vehicles from civilian areas, leaving a key part of the peace plan unfulfilled.

The truce, negotiated by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, appeared to be holding on Thursday morning, with activists throughout the country reporting no casualties and only a few scattered shootings and shellings after a night when violence flared.

China, which has stood by Syria during the 13-month crisis, welcomed the development, saying it hoped the government continued to "take concrete actions to support and co-operate with Annan's mediation efforts".

Western leaders have expressed doubts about that the Syrian government will honour the deal amd have called on other nations to take additional action against Syria at the UN Security Council.

http://blogs.aljazeera.com/liveblog/Syria

7 hours 39 min ago

Syrian forces have committed four violations of a ceasefire brokered by envoy Kofi Annan in the hours since it went into effect this morning, the Avaaz activist network has claimed.

Avaaz, relying on witnesses in Syria, said government forces had fired at least five shells in Zabadani between 5:50 and 6:20 this morning - 20 minutes into the ceasefire. Avaaz also said three shells landed on Mount Shahshabo in central Syria, and others in the hard-hit city of Homs. Machine gun fire was heard in Idlib city.

No casualties were reported in the attacks, but the Syrian military has also not yet begun fulfilling its promise to withdraw armoured vehicles and troops from residential areas, Avaaz said.

4 hours 33 min ago

This video uploaded to YouTube today allegedly shows a tank firing in the city of Homs in violation of an internationally negotiated ceasefire. The video was taken in the Qarabis district, according to the uploader.

https://twitter.com/#!/BreakingNews

Syria state media says roadside bomb has killed army officer, wounds 24 others in Aleppo - @Reuters
8:29 AM

https://twitter.com/#!/Brian_Whit

Reports of first ceasefire deaths in Idlib, Syria
8:16 AM

https://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque

2 protests & a funeral assaulted by security forces. 5 Syrians killed. Several neighborhoods shelled. WTF kind of ceasefire is this?
8:22 AM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/midd...=true#block-21

1.07pm: Syria: Mona Mahmood has been talking on Skype to Omar Hamza, an engineer who lives in Saqba on the outskirts of Damascus. He told her:

I'm at home now. I can't get out because there are two tanks stationed near my house. I don't feel safe enough to go out because there is a big deployment by the army.

Soldiers are checking the IDSs of people – looking for those who are wanted. Only few shops for food are open today ... old people and women are out to shop.

All cars are checked before they can travel round the district. Some of the kids went to school but I could not send mine because I do not feel safe enough. I'm worried to let them go to school. We are trying to organise a demo but because of the heavy army deployment, we can't do that today.

1.22pm: The first post-ceasefire deaths have been reported by the Local-Co-ordination Committees activist group.

It claims Shalah Abed Jawad Yaseen and Mohammed Jumaa Haj Qassem were killed in Janoudieh, Idlib, when regime forces attacked a demonstration. It says several people were also arrested.

https://twitter.com/#!/SkyNewsBreak

Syrian state media: Government says "terrorists" escalating attacks to destabilise Syria and sabotage ceasefire (Reuters)
8:37 AM

AFP: Syrian National Council says three civilians killed in Syria and dozens arrested since ceasefire began http://bit.ly/Hu8CEE
8:38 AM

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...17848338242310

Local Coordination Committees:

5 martyrs so far, including a child, 3 martyrs in Homs; two martyrs from shelling Qosair and a martyr in Bayada from a sniper's bullet, 2 martyrs in Janodieh in Idlib from random shooting at a morning demonstration
4 minutes ago

Apparently six people are now reported killed.


Students march from Zahera to Midan (Central Damascus to damascus suburbs) today



Students protest in Jdidat Artouz, Damascus suburbs


Funeral in Madaya, Damascus suburbs


Protest in Qara, Damascus suburbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=mkw6dLW8Oqg

Students protest in Raqqa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eZYOsIxuvc

Protesters fired on in Aleppo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXyZP6MS180

New wall up between Bab Amar and Inshaat in Homs...creepy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XWbzBVBx8k

[visionary]

Live protest in Deir Azzour
http://bambuser.com/v/2547515

Live protest in Al Maara
http://bambuser.com/v/2547551

Tanks in Damascus suburbs (Saqba, soldiers checking ids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Uwq...e_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLIVb...e_gdata_player

Protest in Hawle, Homs


Huge protest in Kafar Shams, Daraa.


Protest in Sareqeb, Idlib


Shelling in Qusor, Homs


http://twitpic.com/98vmgg

Protest in Midan, Damascus today with a special appearance of Batta!

[protesters hold up inflatable duck raft to mock Bashar.]



https://twitter.com/#!/WashingtonPoint

UN chief Ban: 'onus is on Syria' government to keep its promise and hold to a ceasefire
10:01 AM

And all the other promises....


http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticl...aspx?ID=385667

Lebanon has increased diesel imports to transfer some of the fuel to Syrian regime forces, the Free Lebanon radio station reported on Thursday.

Lots of reports and videos of tanks and soldiers at checkpoints across Syrian cities checking ids and arresting people.


https://twitter.com/#!/lou_reuters

Kofi Annan says in statement Syria truce appears to be holding, UN chief Ban Ki-moon to ask UNSC to approve observer mission a.s.a.p
10:19 AM

Well yeah, if you disregard the 8-12 people reported killed so far today.
And the fact that that the regime's only partially gone along with one of the multiple things that they were supposed to have done the past couple of days.

[visionary]

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/0...ext-for-syria/

U.S. discusses possible buffer zone for Syria

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...17848338242310

The Local Coordination Committees in Syria:

11 martyrs have been reported in Syria thus far today: 6 martyrs in Homs, 2 of whom were martyred during shelling in Qusair and 2 by sniper fire in Bayada; 4 in Idlib; and 1 martyred under torture in Madaya in the Damascus Suburbs
19 minutes ago

Other reports have up to 15 dead.


http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/Syria

1 hour 12 min ago

Free Syrian Army spokesman Colonel Kassem Saadeddine denies any involvement in the Aleppo attack on a bus transporting troops.

"The Free Syrian Army has nothing to do with any attacks. What is reported by SANA [the official Syrian Arab News Agency] is propaganda. This act is a manoeuvre by the regime to avoid fulfilling its commitment and say that the Free Syrian Army violated the truce," he said.

"Security forces and shabiha [militiamen] are behind these acts."

28 min 13 sec ago

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has told the Security Council that Syria has not fully complied with the terms of his peace plan and urged the UN body to demand the withdrawal of troops and heavy weapons from towns.

https://twitter.com/#!/ahmed

Livestream from Qarabis, Homs http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ahrarsy2 Seems quiet but there was reports of gunfire earlier today
10:57 AM

Just heard some gunfire sounds in the Qarabis livestream.
10:59 AM

Sounds of gunfire continue in the Qarabis, Homs
11:05 AM

Loud sounds of gunfire continue to be heard in this livestream from Qarabis, Homs
11:18 AM

Qarabis livestream went offline. Hope he is safe
11:27 AM

Video reportedly shows sec. forces chasing a student, beating him. Other students try to free him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlQ8peKw8RY
11:17 AM

https://twitter.com/#!/michaeldweiss

FSA spox in Rastan just told me on Skype that tanks, units still there. No withdrawal. Light bombardment today.
11:41 AM

https://twitter.com/#!/javierespinosa2

syrian activists told me that a big number of FSA from Bab al Amr have moved to Khaldiye a new stronghold for the opposition in Homs
11:39 AM

Khaldiya has been heavily shelled since days before Bab Amar fell.
Some of the biggest protests in Homs had been going on before the shelling.



https://twitter.com/#!/HamaEcho

Live stream of Jouret al-Shayyah neighbourhood of Homs. Explosions and gunfire http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ahrarsy2
11:17 AM

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...17848338242310

Damascus: Regime forces attacked participants in a sit-in in front of the Parliament building...
47 seconds ago

https://twitter.com/#!/AnonymousSyria

Report: A man has been martyred in Atareb town as a result of a shelling by a tank in the city. Aleppo
11:59 AM

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...17848338242310

The Local Coordination Committees in Syria:

The number of martyrs has risen to 20 thus far today. 6 martyrs were reported in Homs; 5 in the Damascus Suburbs, among them 1 martyred uder torture in Madaya; 4 in Idlib; and 1 in Aleppo
3 minutes ago

Live large protest in Balad Daraa
http://bambuser.com/v/2547859



https://twitter.com/#!/columlynch

Russia UN ambasador say the council may adopt reoslution authorizing advance monitoring mission for syria
12:27 PM

Russia says it has aggreed to un request to send russian un monitor from Golan to head to Syria
12:29 PM

Russia's UN ambo Vitaly Churkin on Russia's role in Syria ceasefire: "You should give us credit. We have every right to be given credit."
12:33 PM

Protest in Waer, Homs



Protest in Malaab, Homs


Funeral in Qusair, Homs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB0oSHn3ikI