Syrian Revolution Digest, March 25, 2011
The second “Friday of Dignity” since the protests began brought protests in several cities across Syria, with major protests taking place in Daraa and bloody clashes in the coastal city of Lattakia as well as in Homs and Mouddamiyyah. BBC Arabic service reported that at one point there were more than 300,000 protesters demonstrating in different parts of Syria. Chants could be heard “Assad Go Out”, and in some places pictures of the President were torn down. In Daraa, a statue of former president Hafiz Al-Assad was destroyed.
The city of Lattakia witnessed fierce scenes of violence. Human Rights Activists blamed the regime for trying to “play the sectarian card” in the ethnically mixed city where Sunnis, Alawites and Christians live together. Conflicting reports about Sunnis attacking Alawites neighborhoods and Alawites from nearby villages joining the crackdown against protesters emerged. Demonstrators insist though that no sectarian slogans could be heard in any of the protests. At least four people were killed in the protests.
In Damascus, the Ummayyed Square, the mosque and the adjacent streets of old Damascus were filled with protesters. Yet at the same time, several Pro-Government rallies took place in the capital and elsewhere. People were shouting “Allah, Syria, Bashar wa bas” (God, Syria, Bashar and nothing else”). It could not be confirmed if these marches were all organized by the regime. Human rights activists claim most participants were members of the immense security apparatus and their family members.
According to news reports, more than 200 political prisoners were released over the past days. Yet many still remain in detention.
President Assad´s adviser Bouthania Shaaban announced that the government is reviewing the possibility of lifting the emergency law that has been in place since 1963.
From Social Media Networks
Damascus
Video of demo in Abdulkarim Rifai Mosque.
Video of demo in Kafarsouseh.
Video of demo in Kafarsouseh Square.
Video of demo in Marjeh Square.
Video of demo in Down Town.
Video of demo in Mazzeh area.
Video of demo in Mazzeh area.
Video of demo in Marjeh Square.
Video of demo in Hamidiya Market.
Video of demo in Miskiya Market.
Video of demo in Down Town.
Damascus Suburbs
Video of demo in Alhajar Alaswad town.
Video of demo in Suburbs. Video2
Video of demo in Tal Mneen town.
Video of demo in Douma town. Video2 Video3
Video of demo in Dariya town. V2 V3 V4
Video of demo in Kafar Batna town.
Video of demo in Kisweh town. Video2
Video of demo in Mouaddamiyya town. Video2
Video of demo in Saqba town.
Video of demo in Tal town.
Image of demo in Zabadani town.
Aleppo
Video of security forces violently stopping people from forming a demo in a mosque.
Video of an attempt to form another demo.
Video of protesters gather in Gabiri Square.
Idleb
Video of demo in Saraqeb town.
Homs
Video of demo in central Homs.
Video of demo in Telbiseh town.
Video of demo in front of Officers Mess.
Video shows how security agents change their military clothes to wear plain cloths to join the demos and cause violent clashes and actions.
Videos shows how security agents penetrate demos.
Hama
Video of demonstration in the city centre.
Lattakia
Video of demo show security forces open fire on peaceful protesters.
Video of demo in Khaled Bin Alwalid mosque.
Video shows security forces shoot people in Sheikh Daher area.
Video of a protester killed by security forces.
Video shows big demos in the city.
Jableh
Video of demo starts from Abu Bakr mosque.
Daraa
Video of demo in Jassem village.
Video of massive demo in Daraa calling for the Assad to leave.
Video of Sanamein massacre.
Video of tens of Sanamein martyrs.
Video of Sanamein massacre.
Video shows protesters remove Assad poster from main Daraa street.
Video shows protesters bring down Hafiz Assad’s statue.
Baniyas
Al-Hasakah
Video of demo in Amouda.
Al-Raqqa
Video of demo
Cyprus
Video of Syrian demo
Belgium
Video of Syrian demo in Brussels.
TV Coverage
Friday cemon by Sheikh Qaradawi praying for the success of Syrian revolution.
Aljazeera interview with Yasser Al-Eiti.
Orient TV interview with Abdulrazak Eid.
Report from Reuters on the protest in Damascus that took place today and the arrest of tens by the security forces.
Aljazeera interview with Haitham Al-Maleh commenting on the protests.
Al-Aan TV report on the Syrian revolution.
Al-Aan TV report (2) on the Syrian revolution.
Video that summarizes the events of the Syrian protests from the beginning.
This digest is produced in cooperation with Kafa Samtan and the Strategic Research and Communication Centre.
