Syria - Houses Ablaze As Assad Artillery Slams Homs City - 2-17-12 Bab A...

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Houses in Homs are Ablaze as Assad's Artillery Attacks Bab Aldreb neighborhood on February 17, 2012
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61 Martyrs
Posted by abeer on February 18th, 2012
Local Coordination Committees in Syria
The number of today's martyrs has risen to 61 now, among them three children and 12 soldiers who were publicly executed in Daraa. 16 martyrs fell in Daraa (Jassem, Hara), 17 fell in Homs, 6 fell in Mazzeh in Damascus, 5 martyrs fell in Deir Ezzor, 6 fell in Aleppo, 3 in Hama,4 in each of Idlib and Damascus Suburbs (Yabroud, Artouz,Douma)

Aleppo
Atareb
Mr. Fayez Ghazy (Abzamo Village) was martyred due to sustained injuries by security forces three days ago. He was shot along with his daughter while working as a taxi-driver when the regime's army stormed the town and fired randomly. His daughter is receiving medical treatment in a hospital. Mr. Ghazy's death brings the number of martyrs in the Atareb massacre to ten.

Daraa
Busr Al-Harir
Security and military forces besiege the town that is witnessing electrical cut-off while intense fire from heavy weaponry is heard all over the town

Idlib
Jabal Al-Zawiya
Aaref Jamal Al-Asi, mute young man, and dozens were injured by security forces who raided the Ma'arata town amid sporadic intense shooting

Dier Ezzor: Night Demo in Miaden
Number of Demos on the rise
Posted by abeer on February 18th, 2012
11 months into the revolution, and the number of demonstration points on the rise
The number of documented demonstrations that set out this Friday according to the Local Coordination Committees in Syria has reached 613 demonstrations, most of which occurred in Idlib, which witnessed 158 demonstrations, followed by Aleppo with 89 demonstrations, then by Hama with 87 demonstrations. In Homs, 57 demonstrations set out, in Daraa 54. The capital, Damascus, was home to 49 demonstrations, while Damascus Suburbs had 40 demonstrations for a second consecutive week. Lattakia had 28 demonstrations, Hasakeh 21, a significant increased compared to last week's demonstrations. 7 demonstrations were confirmed in Tartous and 2 in Raqqa.

With regards to the number of demonstration points: the total number all over Syria today was 540. Idlib had the largest part this time as well as the province witnessed demonstrations in 154 point; followed by Aleppo for the second week, which had 83 points and the third was for Hama with 82 points. In Daraa, similar to last week's, demonstrations took place in 50 points, and Homs had 41 points. Demonstrations took place in 39 different points of Damascus Suburbs, and in 37 points of the capital, the city of Damascus; followed last by Deir Ezzor with 20 points