21st/April/2012

Umayya for Researches and Strategic Studies

The Daily Monitoring Report

The Military Situation - Security forces opened fire on the demonstrations in Daf el-Shok and Al-Kadam in Damascus that claimed the lives of 11 martyrs and caused many injuries.(1) - Security forces stormed Al-Madiq citadel and alarbaeen district in Hama. In addition, they stormed Al-Karak Al-Sharqi in Daraa amid heavy shelling.(1)
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Statistics 20th/April Martyrs: 57

Political Stances Arab - The Arab League (AL) announced holding an urgent Arab ministerial meeting on current April 26th.(1) International - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls on the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution on banning exporting weapons to Syria. In addition, she called for taking further strict measures for stopping the bloodshed that lasted for 13 months in Syria.(11) - US ambassador to the UN Security Council Susan Rice said that Al-Assad's regime started to commit a new wave of violence since it announced the ceasefire.(4) - The French presidential hopeful Francois Hollande backs France's contribution to a military operation against Syria within the framework of the United Nations.(1)(4)(16) - The United Nations Secretary General Ban Kimoon said" Damascus has not completely withdrawn its heavy weapons from the Syrian towns as per Annan's plan for peace.(1)(2)(4) - Russian Foreign Ministry asserts that the ceasefire decision has been implemented in Syria despite some violations and provocations, adding that the disputing parties would face two choices: whether the peaceful national dialogue or facing a civil war.
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- Al-Assad's detachments were rampant in Hama. Furthermore, they opened fire on the demonstrations there, which caused many injuries among the demonstrators.
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- 18 security elements were killed by two explosive devices in Sahem. In addition, armed groups attack the police station of Mhajjah town in Daraa countryside.(1)(2)(4)(5)(6)(9)(10)

Political Mobility
- Sources with the Syrian National Council (SNC) said that they lost hope of the success of Annan's initiative, as they are waiting for the official announcement about the initiative's death.(1) - The Syrian opposition key figure Walid Al-Beni, member of the Syrian National Council (SNC), praised the Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal's call for helping the Syrians to defend themselves.(1) - Maged Hebo, member of the executive council in the National Coordination Committee, asserted that the failure of Annan's task would lead to more than a civil war.(1) Internal Situation - Angry reactions in the Syrian street because the UN advance monitors' team to Syria did not undertake their monitoring task on the momentous Friday.(1)

Asharq Al-Awsat The London-based Al-Hayat (3) The Kuwaiti Al-Watan (4) Al-Quds Al-Arabi (5) The Lebanese Al-Mustaqbal (6) The Syrian Al-Baath (7) Reuters (8) AFP (9) The Qatari Al-Jazeera (10) The Israeli Haaretz (11) Washington Post (12) wall Street Journal (13) The Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth (14) The Guardian (15) The Telegraph (16) Russia Today

- Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Alexander Lukashevich announced that a delegation of the Syrian opposition would be received next week.(1)(16)

Edited by Abed Alrhman Alsarraj This Report was issued by Umayya for Researches and Strategic Studies, and it contains pure news that do not reflect an opinion.