Dar’aa province, Summary of the Day, Saturday, May 19, 2012

Dar’aa province, Summary of the Day, Saturday, May 19, 2012
By: The Union of Horan Coordination Committees*
Media Section
Arabic Link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=463927780290258&set=a.293387770677594.94828.210365958979776&type=1

Ground situation
- A 7 year old girl was killed by a sniper on Saturday in Da’el.
-At least 14 violations by regime forces against the Annan plan were reported on Saturday. Massive demonstrations mobilized, most in solidarity with detained activist Muhammad Abdelmawla al-Hariri.
- The regime’s militias invaded the town of As-Sanamen, and violent explosions, shelling, and gunfire were directed at civilian homes.
- Regime forces monitored the International Highway in Dar’aa on Saturday, patrolling in unprecedented numbers.
- Regime forces violently shelled the towns of Taffas and al-Harak and opened heavy fire in the towns of Inkhel and Al-Maleha Al-Gharbiyeh. Meanwhile, there was an explosion in Dar’aa and an invasion of the industrial area.
- Regime forces continue to hold dozens of bodies, refusing to turn them over to families for burial.
- The humanitarian situation is dire, with a severe shortage in fuel, water, food, and medicine. Regime forces continue to disconnect electricity and telecommunications across the province for most hours of the day.

Video highlights
Dael | Young girl Terkiya Abdelhaleem Al-Jamous, killed today by Assad forces
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdLF7Nv58Dc
Body of soldier Youssef Hasan Al-Riba'i in Al-Ghariyah Al-Gharbiyah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V55_Q5oKV8I
Al-Harak | Children of the town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRGt44yBIjo
Namar | Graffiti man company
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUDmp5KHZwA
As-Sanamen | Torture signs on the body of a young man who had been detained by Assad militias
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Jh0NaGo9Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4oO613FCCw
Taffas | Shelling the city
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBOpk56efCw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFLR6gEM7Ec
Al-Harak | Shelling the city
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob_oyRlXB70
Al-Gharbiyeh | Opening fire in the town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0umxn89ljzQ
Inkhel | Opening fire in the town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ZvJA8NRZk
Forming Al-Yarmouk battalion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGsjcDPuuyE




Statistics
Casualties: 1 | Arrests: 1 | Demonstrations: 10 | Number of demonstrations shot at: 10 | Gunfire: 6 | Shelling Instances: 3 | Eyewitness accounts of tanks: 4 | Defections: 8 | Violations of Annan Plan: 12
Note: For more videos please follow the links posted at the top of the report . More information can be found at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/user/SHAMSNN. The above translation is a summary of the Arabic version. The translation herein is summarized in order to avoid repetition and overabundance of details in terms of neighborhood and street names.