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May 16-22, 2015
Weekly Summary
Revolutionary Forces
of Syria Media Office
Al-Islam Army
breaches the
regime’s first defense
line around Brigade
39 in eastern Ghouta
Southern Front
Factions of the FSA
announce appointing
a unified command
Al-Fateh Army
captures alMastoumeh army
base
Burkan al-Furat
Military Operations
Room advances in
Raqqa defeating ISIS
A special report
about ISIS in Raqqa
and Deir Ezzor
DAMASCUS and
its Countryside
Western Ghouta
The First Army and Ansar al-Islam
Front gained control of a regime
checkpoint on al-Salam highway
in the western Ghouta and seized
a tank and different weapons; 30
regime soldiers were reportedly
killed and wounded. The First
Army also thwarted regime
forces’ struggle to advance at
Taibah front in western Ghouta;
fifteen regime troops were
killed and a military vehicle was
destroyed. Meanwhile, Ajnad alSham fighters ambushed some
regime troops in the city of Saasa
after the troops seized a building
in the city. The fighters stormed
the building, killed all troops inside
it and then blasted it. Moreover,
one of Ajnad al-Sham Companies
targeted the militias of the
Popular Committees and Shabiha
who tried to advance towards the
clashes areas to support regime
troops; several of the militias’
militants were reportedly killed.
Eastern Ghouta
The Unified Military Command
in eastern Ghouta started a new
battle to destroy the regime’s
first defense line around Brigade
39 in the outskirts of eastern
Ghouta. The regime’s defense
line is formed of the following
points: al-Adm mosque, alMastar checkpoint, al-Safeer
point, al-Bawayek point, al-Souk
checkpoint, al-Ma’amel point,
Housh Khayyat village and the
third checkpoint. Meanwhile,
FSA battalions thwarted regime
forces’ struggle to advance at alMarj front in eastern Ghouta.
Al-Qalamoun
Al-Fateh Army regained control
of Mousa hill in western Qalamoun
following fierce clashes with
regime forces and Hezbollah
militias. Activists reported that
the Army launched a surprise
attack on the hill from the
direction of Jard al-Marra and
clashes erupted using light and
medium weapons; dozens of
regime troops were killed in
addition to at least ten Hezbollah
militants. Additionally, opposition
battalions foiled Hezbollah and
Shabiha militias’ attempts to
advance towards al-Thallajeh hill
overseeing Mousa Summit in the
rural areas of Raas al-Maara in
western Qalamoun.
Meanwhile, fierce clashes erupted
between the Free Syrian Army
and ISIS in Badiat al-Sham desert
area; nine ISIS militants were
killed.
Al-Quneitra and Assweidaa
Al-Quneitra:
The First Army targeted regime bases in Tal Bazaq,
inside the buildings of al-Baath City, in the Military
Security department and in the flowers plantation
with 82mm and 120mm mortars and Dushka guns.
Meanwhile, sporadic clashes using light and medium
weapons erupted at Tal Bazaq front.
Assweidaa:
The locals of the village of al-Haqof thwarted a
surprise attack by ISIS on villages in the north and
east of Assweidaa. Eight ISIS members were killed in
addition to several civilians including a girl.
Dara’a
Southern Front Factions of
the Free Syrian Army issued a
statement announcing appointing
a joint command that includes
seven commanders. According to
the statement, the commanders
are: major Hasan Ibrahim (Abo
Usama al-Golani, commander
Ahmad Udeh (Abo Hamzeh),
colonel pilot Khaled al-Nabulsi
(Abo Omar), commander Samer
Habboush (Abo Salah al-Shami),
captain Saed Naqrash (Abo
Jamal), colonel Saber Safar (Abo
Diyaa), and Colonel Bakkour
Saleem (Abo Firas).
In the meantime, the Southern
Front Factions of the FSA
targeted regime bases in the
neighbourhood of al-Manshiyeh in
Dara’a al-Balad with SPG-9 guns
while the FSA mortared Assad
militias positioned in Tal Azzatar.
Moreover, the First Army bombed
Brigade 12 premises in the city
of Izraa, Brigade 15 and Jidyeh
Battalion with rocket launchers,
mortars and tank shells achieving
direct hits. Furthermore, the
First Army of the Southern Front
Factions announced taking over
al-Faqea regime checkpoint
following clashes with regime
forces. Ahrar al-Sham Movement
announced expelling ISIS militants
from the villages of Housh
Hammad and al-Shomara in alLajat area.
HOMS
Al-Tawheed Army along with
other factions thwarted regime
and Shabiha militias’ struggle to
advance towards Zakbo checkpoint
at Um Sharshouh front in the
northern countryside of Homs.
Clashes using light and medium
weapons broke out between
both sides while revolutionaries
targeted regime locations with
heavy machine guns and artillery.
The clashes left dozens of regime
troops killed and forced regime
forces to retreat. Moreover,
the Artillery Division of Homs
Liberation Movement mortared
regime and Shabiha checkpoints
at al-Rastan front achieving direct
hits.
Meanwhile, al-Tawheed Army
targeted regime fortifications
and locations in Mallouk army
base in Talbiseh of the northern
countryside with BMP shells
inflicting losses among regime’s
ranks. The Army also announced
defeating ISIS militants in the
city of Talbiseh of the northern
countryside in cooperation with
other factions following fierce
battles on Thursday. As a result,
many ISIS militants were killed
while many others were expelled
outside the city.
IDLIB
Southern countryside
Al-Fateh Army gained control of
al-Mastoumeh army base after
regime forces retreated from
it towards Ariha, and gained
control of the town of Nehlaya
and the village of Kafernajd. The
Army along with FSA factions
destroyed three regime tanks,
two BMPs, two 23mm guns,
one 14.5mm gun and a vehicle
loaded with ammunition. They
also seized arms and ammunition
while dozens of regime troops
were killed. Al-Fateh Army also
gained control of regime’s alJoumeh checkpoint on the road
between Msebeen village and
the city of Ariha, and destroyed
two regime tanks at Kafernajed
front using anti-armor missiles.
In the meantime, Division 13
of the FSA destroyed a regime
tank and a regime Shilka vehicle
at Ma’atram front using TOW
missiles. Fursan al-Haq Brigade of
the FSA destroyed a regime tank
that was advancing at al-Fanar
front on Mount al-Arba’een of
Ariha using a TOW missile.
Western Countryside
Turkish fighter jets targeted a
Syrian reconnaissance aircraft
violating Turkish airspace. The
aircraft wreckage fell in the
Syrian province of Idlib, between
HAMA
The First Coastal Division of the
FSA bombarded locations of
regime troops and pro-regime
militias in al-Qarqour area in
al-Ghab Plain with tanks, and
destroyed a regime fuel tank
on “al-Barakeh-Joreen” road.
Meanwhile, al-Ezza Gathering
of the FSA mortared Assad
soldiers stationed in az-Zalaqiat
checkpoint amidst violent clashes
in the area between the two
sides. FSA battalions bombarded
regime locations in Tal Waset with
mortars amid clashes in the area
while clashes broke out between
the Infantry Division 101 of the
FSA and regime forces at Mourek
front.
the villages of Zarzour and alHamameh in Jisir al-Shughor.
Al-Ezza Gathering of the FSA
destroyed a regime BMP vehicle
at western al-Kfeir checkpoint
in Jisir al-Shughor countryside
using TOW missiles. Moreover,
Infantry Division 101 of the FSA
targeted regime locations at
al-Kfeir front with 130mm guns
and SPG-9 guns.
ALEPPO
The City
Division 16 of the FSA used
homemade Jahannam launchers
to bomb regime locations in alAshrafiyeh and al-Khalidiyeh
neighbourhoods. Al-Shamia
Front used heavy artillery and
machine guns to bomb Assad
forces positioned along the Air
force Intelligence Branch front in
Jamia’at al-Zahra’a neighbourhood.
Meanwhile, the fighters of the
First Regiment and al-Safwa
al-Islamiyah battalions used
homemade Jahannam launchers to
bomb regime’s 83 Battalion and
destroyed a surveillance tower and
a 23 mm machine gun. Moreover,
Division 16 of the FSA used
homemade Jahannam launchers to
bomb regime locations in Bustan
al-Basha and Asheikh Maqsood
neighbourhoods amidst violent
clashes in the two areas. Al-Thuwar
Army targeted regime premises in
al-Midan, Bustan al-Basha and alAlban building with heavy artillery,
and many regime troops were killed
or injured amid clashes in the area.
Northern countryside
Nour Eddin Zinki Movement
targeted regime and Hezbollah
premises at al-Breij front using
14.5 mm guns amid clashes using
medium and heavy weapons in
the area. Meanwhile, the Free
Syrian Army destroyed a regime
23mm gun in Asheikh Najjar area
using Jahannam launchers. Ahrar
al-Sham Movement bombarded
regime locations at Bashkoy front
with Jahannam launchers inflicting
losses among regime’s ranks.
Additionally, violet clashes erupted
between al-Shamia Front and ISIS in
the outskirts of the village of Sadd
Shahba and at Souran and Ezaaz
fronts . FSA fighters positioned at
the northern countryside fronts
clashed with ISIS militants who
were trying to infiltrate into the
countryside from Tal Maled and
Hoor.
Eastern countryside
Burkan al-Furat Military Operation
Room advanced at the eastern front
of Kobani and on the “Aleppo-alHasakah” international highway,
reaching the outskirts of the
province of Raqqa. The Military
Operation Room gained control
of the village of Kij Qaran and a
nearby hill following clashes with
ISIS; seven ISIS members were
reportedly killed. It also gained
control of the villages of eastern
Safriyeh, western Safriyeh, Sabea
Jafar, Saloukeh, Gorish cement
factory and the nearby hills. It
seized weapons and killed fourteen
ISIS members as well. Now that
Burkan al-Furat factions are in
control of the villages of Saloukeh
and Sabea Jafar, they have reached
the outskirts of Raqqa at the
international highway. Two of the
Military Room’s fighters were killed.
Raqqqa and Deir Ezzor
Al-Raqqa:
Burkan al-Furat Military
Operations Room gained control
of new villages and locations
in the city of Tal Abiyad in the
province of Idlib, north-eastern
Syria. The Operations Room’s
factions carried out a surprise
attack on ISIS in the western
countryside of Tal Abiyad on
Sunday and liberated the villages
of Korek, Kark Shekhan and
Shash, in addition to some farms
surrounding these villages. The
village of Korek is strategically
important since it is one of the
largest villages in the area, and
its located on the road between
the towns of Ein Essa and alJirin. It also overlooks many
surrounding villages. According
to the factions, they seized arms
and ammunition while thirteen
ISIS militant fighters were killed.
It is worth mentioning that the
factions have recently gained
control of many villages in the
western countryside of Tal Abiyad
in al-Raqqa province.
Deir Ezzor:
International Coalition forces
carried out a paratrooper landing
in the residential city near alOmar oil field and it was followed
by clashes that ended up in
killing fifteen people, including
six ISIS commanders, and injuring
more. Air strikes targeted the
area surrounding the oil filed
during the operation. Including
the casualties was Abo Sayyaf,
an ISIS commander involved
in ISIS’s financial and military
operations, in addition to Abo
Mariam, a Syrian man responsible
for communications in the
organization.
A special report
about ISIS in
Raqqa and Deir
Ezzor
ISIS recently intensified its
violations against Syrians in the
eastern region (Raqqa and Deir
Ezzor). During the past ten days,
many executions were carried
out against civilians and military
fighters, and hospitals were
closed and many more events
took place. The following report
mentions the recent violations
of ISIS and it is prepared by RFS
Media Office.
ISIS executes 21 Syrians
within 48 hours in Raqqa and
Deir Ezzor provinces
Revolutionary forces of Syria
Media Office correspondents in
the eastern region reported that
ISIS executed more than twenty
Syrians in the provinces of Raqqa
and Deir Ezzor within 48 hours
on Wednesday and Thursday.
The executed people were either
thrown off buildings, crucified,
beheaded or shot with gunfire.
In Raqqa, our correspondent
reported that ISIS executed a
male gynecologist for treating
women, ISIS also executed a
woman in Jazarat al-Buhmeid
area in the city of Maadan, in the
eastern countryside of Raqqa, on
charges of witchcraft.
In Deir Ezzor, ISIS executed 19
people in the countryside: 4 in
the village of Mahemdah, 4 in the
town of Khasham, 3 in al-Shahil,
3 in the town of al-Kishkiyeh,
5 in the towns of al-Jurthi, alSahleh, Safira, Thiban and Basira.
All people were executed for
different charges like fighting
against the group or becoming
apostates.
Here are some of the names
of the people who have been
executed in Deir Ezzor within
48 hours according to our
correspondent: - Fuad Ahmad
Abdullah - Abdullah Mishib
- Mohamad Ibrahim Jejan Mohamad Ibrahim Salem - Hani
Turki Ali - Jasem Mohamad
Antar - Mohamad Saed Kardosh
- Shaher Awad Hammad - Imad
Ammash Jarbou - Husein Tume
Atallah - Hasan Abed Salem - Ziad
Aed Abeid Ali - Ibrahim Abeid Ali
- Ahmad Abdoun - Nufal Awad Ahmad Sebat Abbar In addition to
three unidentified people.
RFS Media Office received several
images of the executions,
however, it did not publish them
since they are too graphic.
Deir Ezzor: ISIS closes last
clinic providing free health
care services and confiscates
properties
ISIS closed the Syrian Red
Crescent clinic in the city of alBukamal in Deir Ezzor which is
the last organization providing
health care services for free in
the city. ISIS previously took over
al-Saed Hospital in the city of
al-Mayadeen in Deir Ezzor as well
under the pretext that its owner
is an apostate.
Moreover, ISIS confiscated the
properties of three families in
the town of al-Kharita in the
western countryside of Deir
Ezzor. The families are of men
who were arrested by ISIS, and
once they were released, their
properties were confiscated. The
organization also confiscated
a house in the city under the
pretext that its owner works for
the Kuwaiti army.
ISIS blew up a restaurant owned
by a civilian on charges of
serving spoiled meat in the city
of al-Mayadeen in the eastern
countryside of Deir Ezzor.
Al-Raqqa: Dollars and gold,
ISIS imposes new fines on
civilians
ISIS imposed new fines on civilians
who violate the group’s laws. For
example, men who shave their
beard should pay a 100$ fine,
men who trim their beard should
pay a 50$ fine while women who
don’t cover their eyes should
provide a 1 g of 24 carat gold as
a fine. Thus, al-Hisbah office of
ISIS is collecting a lot of money.
Previously, al-Hisbah imposed
many forms of punishment on
people who violate ISIS orders
and laws. Some of these forms of
punishment were monetary fines,
the others were physical like
beating, lashing or forcing people
to dig trenches. ISIS prevents
people from doing many things, it
prevents men from shaving their
beards, getting modern haircuts,
wearing tight jeans, and wearing
certain printed clothes with
certain slogans or writings.
Al-Raqqa: ISIS enforces a
curfew to face International
Coalition’s leaflets
The International Coalition
warplanes dropped tens of
thousands of graphic leaflets
in Raqqa last Monday. The
cartoon-style leaflets show
recruits lining up to be shoved
into a meatgrinder. They also
have Arabic writings on them
saying that ISIS is about to be
vanquished.
As a result, ISIS enforced a
curfew in the city of Raqqa to
make sure that locals do not read
or see the leaflets. However,
according to the correspondent
of “al-Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered
Silently Campaign”, many people
were interested in getting these
leaflets.
Al-Raqqa: Zakat money, a
new way for ISIS to finance
its fighters
ISIS formed new committees
responsible for collecting Zakat
money from civilians in Deir Ezzor.
According to the correspondent
of “al-Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered
Silently Campaign”, the
committees have started
collecting civilians’ financial
information so they can specify
the amount of Zakat money each
civilian should pay.
The correspondent also said that
a small amount of the money
collected actually goes for the
poor, since most of the money
actually goes as salaries to ISIS
militants who matter the most for
the organization.
It is obvious that the group has
been suffering lately from lack of
money especially in Deir Ezzor,
where many ISIS militants have
been dismissed from service
under the pretext of not pledging
allegiance to the group.
Activist say that the real reason
for the lack of money is the
Coalition’s air strikes in Syria and
Iraq which badly affected the
money sources ISIS has.
Al-Raqqa: Zakat money, a
new way for ISIS to finance
its fighters
ISIS formed new committees
responsible for collecting
Zakat money from civilians in
Deir Ezzor. According to the
correspondent of “al-Raqqa
Is Being Slaughtered Silently
Campaign”, the committees
have started collecting civilians’
financial information so they
can specify the amount of Zakat
money each civilian should pay.
The correspondent also said that
a small amount of the money
collected actually goes to the
poor, since most of the money
actually goes as salaries to ISIS
militants who matter the most to
the organization.
It is obvious that the group has
been suffering lately from lack
of money especially in Deir Ezzor
where many ISIS militants have
been dismissed from service
under the pretext of not pledging
allegiance to the group.
Activist say that the real reason
for the lack of money is the
Coalition’s air strikes in Syria and
Iraq which badly affected the
money sources ISIS has.
ISIS sets iron cages in cities
under its control
ISIS came up with a new form
of punishment and that is the
iron cage. Cages have been put
in the middle of all cities under
ISIS control,and smokers and
those who are late for performing
prayers are publicly imprisoned
inside them for several hours or a
whole day and then released.
Regarding women who wear
clothes showing any parts of
their bodies, including their faces
and hands, violating ISIS rules,
they are beaten or imprisoned.
Arrested women or their arrested
custodians can be released after
signing a paper promising not to
violate the rules again.
Sources:
RFS Media Office in Raqqa
RFS Media Office in Deir Ezzor
Al-Sharqiah Network 24
Al-Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered
Silently Campaign
Deir Ezzor Is Being Slaughtered
Silently Campaign
Civilian deaths
The number of
civilian deaths
by regime forces
during the past
week is 469
people, including
52 children, 48
women, and 7
who were tortured
to death.
Regime Violations
Idlib
32 civilians were killed in the village
of Kafr’ueid while 15 others were
killed in Saraqeb following regime air
strikes.
Damascus countryside
Five civilians were killed, including
children, after a regime ground-toground missile hit the city of Douma,
and seven people were killed
following a regime air strike on the
city of Khan al-Sheeh.
Hama
Six civilians were killed in the village
of al-Amqiyeh in al-Ghab Plain
following a regime air strike.
Deir Ezzor
Eight people were killed including
children and women following a
regime airstrike on the town of
Bu’omar in the eastern countryside.
Aleppo
Regime barrel bombs claimed
the lives of ten people, mostly
women and children, in Qadi Askar
neighbourhood, seven family
members in Haret al-Balat area, and
three in al-Qataneh area of the old
city. Moreover, the regime has used
the deadly chlorine gas against
civilians more than once during
the past week. More than twenty
suffocation cases have been reported
in the village of Mashmashan of
Mount Azzawiah following a regime
air strike using the deadly gas.
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