** ** *Lattakia*: protesters burn Russian, Chinese, Iranian and Hezblooah flags, as well as Assad posters. http://youtu.be/nnmAv1VoGmw *Protesters carry A Chinese flag and a banner critical of Chinese pro-Assad stance* http://youtu.be/tIGsgSZr82k
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/8583334/Six-killed-at-anti-Syria-rally-in-Lebanon.html Six killed at anti-Syria rally in Lebanon Six people were killed and several injured on Friday in clashes between Sunnis and Alawites after protests against Syria's regime in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, a security official said. Live updates on Syrias uprising June 18, 2011 *20:30* A general strike has been scheduled for Sunday in Homs. (S.N.N<https://www.facebook.com/ShaamNews> ) *20:13* Outgoing Arab League chief Amr Moussa said that the Arab world is worried about events in Syria, AFP reported<http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=283316> . *19:12* Tens of thousands of Deir az-Zour residents rallied in the citys downtown, calling for the regimes fall. (S.N.N<https://www.facebook.com/ShaamNews> ) *19:11* The Syriatel telecommunications company building in Harastawhich belongs to President Bashar al-Assads cousin, Rami Makhloufhas been set on fire. (Syrian Revolution 2011 <http://www.facebook.com/Syrian.Revolution>) *18:11* Female protesters are marching toward Al-Assi Square in Hama. ( F.N.N. <http://www.facebook.com/syria.news.F.N.N>) *18:08* A YouTube video purportedly filmed on Saturday in Homs next to the Al-Kabir Mosque shows protesters rallying against the regime<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wo5jQgv0WY>. *16:54* A YouTube video purportedly filmed on Saturday in Bab al-Sabaa in Homs shows protesters rallying against the regime<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeEFIe2H0hg>. *16:35* A general strike is taking place in the city of Homs, tens of rallies have been witnessed across the city. (S.N.N<https://www.facebook.com/ShaamNews> ) *15:21* Turkey has allowed limited media access to a camp sheltering Syrian refugees as the number of people fleeing bloody unrest in its Arab neighbor exceeded 10,000, AFP reported<http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=283248>. *14:36 *A YouTube video purportedly filmed on Friday evening in Zamalka in Damascus <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag9Jx8mftwc>shows people marching and chanting against the regime. They are calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to leave. *14:14* Mass protests begin in Harasta as funerals are held. Protesters are chanting against the regime. (S.N.N <https://www.facebook.com/ShaamNews>) *14:14 *Heavy gunfire is heard in the town of Badama which lies on the Syrian-Turkish border. At least 20 were injured. (S.N.N<https://www.facebook.com/ShaamNews> ) *14:10* Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday urged a transition to democracy <http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=283220>in Syria, saying in a commentary in the Arabic-language *Asharq Al-Awsat *newspaper that the regime crackdown would not quell the momentum for change. *13:40* There are thousands of protestors in Homs neighborhood of Baba Amro. They are chanting against the regime and for those who have been killed. (S.N.N <https://www.facebook.com/ShaamNews>) *13:22* Britain urged its nationals on Saturday to leave Syria "now" by commercial means<http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=283201>, warning that its embassy in Damascus would unlikely be able to help them if the situation deteriorates further. *12:59* Many injured people were taken to Turkish territories. People are gathering at the Syrian-Turkish borders to escape the Syrian armys raid on towns on the borders. (S.N.N <https://www.facebook.com/ShaamNews>) *12:55* Heavy gunfire was heard in Jisr al-Shughur. (S.N.N<https://www.facebook.com/ShaamNews> ) *12:20* Army tanks on Saturday entered a village bordering Turkey<http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=283219>, where 10,000 Syrians have sought refuge, an activist said, as Washington warned Damascus over its "continued brutality" against protesters. To read more: http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=253828#ixzz1PlxVyxw4 http://syrianrevolutiondigest.blogspot.com/2011/06/knock-knock-knock-on-freedoms-door.html Knock, Knock, Knock on Freedoms Door! *Protesters take to the streets in the hundreds of thousands showing the futility of terror and intimidation. The regime has fallen! * *Friday June 17, 2011 * Aleppo offers her first martyr as Assad security forces kills 19 protesters as part of their ongoing crackdown. The dead also include a 13-year old boy who fell in Dael City in the Deraa Province, and two protesters in Deir Ezzor who tore posters of Hafiz and Bashar. Protests took place in Deraa City, the cradle of the revolution, once again, due to a recent decrease in the numbers of troops and security forces assigned to the city. Protesters used called for toppling the regime. Protests also took place in Mouarrat Al-Nouman and Saraqib, despite being besieged by the army and despite the migration of many of residents to the relative safety of the borders with Turkey. Protesters used called for toppling the regime. Protesters in Lattakia, who flooded many neighborhoods despite massive army and security presence, carried banners in many languages asking for the departure of Assad. One banner in Chinese criticized the Chinese government for its pro-regime policies. Protesters used called for toppling the regime. In Hama City, and in response to the organized pro-Assad rally that took place in Damascus on Wednesday, in which supporters sported a 2500 meter long flag, local protesters brought out a 3,000 meter long flag combining the current Baath flag with the Independence flag adopted at the Antalya Conference. While loyalists wrote on their flag God, Syria, Bashar, protesters wrote on theirs Hama will not kneel, as they called for toppling the regime. Meanwhile, Hama residents threatened to go on a month-long strike should army tanks recently stationed outside their city venture into the city. The towns of Rastan and Talbisseh also witnessed mass demonstrations despite heavy army and security presence. Protesters in the neighborhood of Bayadah in Homs came under heavy gunfire leaving 2 dead. Meanwhile the City of Damascus witnessed a number of demonstrations. For while security officers were busy trapping and brutally assaulting over 700 protesters at Hassan Mosque in the traditional Midan District, another Midan Mosque was the focus of huge demonstration where with protesters calling for toppling the regime and shouting slogans against Bashar, Maher and their cousin Rami Makhlouf. The most important development in Damascus though was the demonstration in the Jadat area in the Muhajireen District, an area close to the presidential palace, foreign embassies and the houses of many government officials. The rural areas surrounding Damascus fielded dozens of major demonstrations, including in the suburbs of Douma Madaya, Zabadani, Al-Qadam, Al-Hajar Al-Aswad, Qatana and Qarrah. They were also massive demonstrations in Saqba, Hammouriyyeh and Jisreen which later merged together in the main square of the nearby town of Kafar Batna. The northeastern communities of Deir Ezzor, Mayadeen, Qouriyeh and Alboukamal also witnessed mass protests, with protesters attempts to court the army yielding few more defectors, a development that prompted security officers and Assad loyalist to open fire on said defectors killing an unspecified number. Residents of Deraa Province, the cradle of revolution, took to the streets again in the 10,000s in another show signifying the futility of the violent crackdown. A 1,000 deaths later, and following weeks of terror living under the control of the 4th Division, the fear barrier has not been rebuilt. The regime has indeed fallen. Kurdish-majority communities of Al-Qamishly, Amoudeh, Kobani/Ayn Al-Arab continued to take part in the protest movement. Indeed, protesters in Amudeh burnt a Russian flag as an expression of their discontent with Russias pro-Asasd policies and stands. As Angelina Jolie visits Syrian refugees in their camps in Turkey, some (refugees at the Yayladagi Camp) have gone on a hunger strike to protest their treatment by Turkish authorities, who wont allow them to contact the outside world, receive visitors or organize anti-Assad demonstrations. The situation in other refugee camps seems to be better though. *Links Syrian refugees fear army reprisals<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/82ed05a6-9909-11e0-acd2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1PZY5Admv> * *Six killed at anti-Syria rally in Lebanon<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/8583334/Six-killed-at-anti-Syria-rally-in-Lebanon.html> * *EU Set To Adopt New Syria Sanctions<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304319804576390064216455594.html?mod=googlenews_wsj> * *Violent Clashes as Thousands Protest in Cities Across Syria<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/18/world/middleeast/18syria.html?_r=1> * The Assad dynasty is being consigned to the history books, where it will probably be the subject of a paragraph or two. Meanwhile, the Syrian people are writing a new chapter in their history, under the humble title of Another New Beginning. We certainly deserve it. *Hama City:* We dont love you, leave us alone and take your party with you http://youtu.be/rRek4d1Ry2Y http://youtu.be/h2Qs2O8_dhU *A piece of the large flag hoisted by the Hama protesters, before it was sewn with the other pieces to make the 3,000 meters long flag. Writing: the people want to topple the regime We take death over humiliation.* http://youtu.be/5Mb5kkNZCS8 http://youtu.be/0pcUcgXeGxE http://youtu.be/67myvSWlr0Q *And the protests carry into the night * http://youtu.be/ZHwXyo3jbD8 *Deraa / Dael:* protesters face an army tank and chant the people want to topple the regime. Eventually (2nd video), soldiers fire on protesters killing two including a 13-year old boy (3rd video). http://youtu.be/KpG0kJO2wMY http://youtu.be/0eFDtmucqIc http://youtu.be/pum_Eparxvs *The protests that preceded the attacks by army units* http://youtu.be/d53pz3Nv3nI *Deraa / Deraa City:* despite heavy military presence on the streets (1stvideo), protests took place in this, the cradle of the Syrian revolution, with protesters chanting: Listen, Assads, no rule lasts forever and the people want to topple the regime (2nd and 3rd video) http://youtu.be/Ba0RifXde4U http://youtu.be/XzZ4qlWEeGw http://youtu.be/xzf4hLlpmek *Deir Ezzor:* thousands of protesters chant and wonder about the whereabouts of the Shabbiha (pro-Assad militias). Eventually, they come under heavy gunfire (2nd and 3rd videos). 4th video shows a fallen protester http://youtu.be/x1kUQe-04P4 http://youtu.be/4Og_Jrr6ef0 http://youtu.be/_8eGHVI8CKI http://youtu.be/IeVNkXuFE5o More videos from martyrs Square gathering http://youtu.be/lG0ErJ7NzoA http://youtu.be/JcBs-CoN3kY *Aleppo / Eizzaz:* the people want to topple the regime http://youtu.be/g-dlmtB8Jow Aleppo / Al-Ithaa: http://youtu.be/fv1h26DGcMI *Damascus / Al-Qadam: *A sit in until the regime falls http://youtu.be/DJwzNfrtk54 http://youtu.be/LpVBp2X8gec *Damascus / Barzeh Town:* security forces firing bullets and tear gas into the crowds of protesters http://youtu.be/1Es1_1pRPuY *Damascus / Midan / Hassan Mosque:* security forces and pro-Assad militias trap 70o protesters inside the mosque and begin chanting: the people want Bashar Al-Assad and Abu Hafiz Abu Hafiz. Meanwhile, protesters in another part of Midan took the opportunity to organize their own demonstration in which they chanted Leave us alone and take your party with you http://youtu.be/iSyOLLyLCcQ http://youtu.be/8Iu_MipNEE8 *Damascus / Qaboun:* the army invades http://youtu.be/GkNXxIW6DnM *Homs / Khaldiyyeh: *protesters come under heavy gunfire http://youtu.be/_xwrIajtuGw *To view more videos go to the url above:* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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