SYRIA: Aftermath of clashes between army and defectors in Homs street

Record ID: 280196

  • Title: SYRIA: Aftermath of clashes between army and defectors in Homs street
  • Date: 24th January 2012
  • Summary: HOMS, SYRIA (JANUARY 23, 2012) (REUTERS) BURNT-OUT ARMOURED VEHICLE IN STREET IN AREA OF WADI AL-SAYEH MORE OF THE DAMAGED VEHICLE THAT RESIDENTS SAY WAS ATTACKED BY MEMBERS OF THE FREE SYRIA ARMY LAST WEEK, KILLING FIVE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS BURNT BUILDING NEAR THE VEHICLE CLOSE UP OF THE BUILDING AND MAN INSIDE THE BUILDING ANOTHER BURNT BUILDING SITE OF MILIT
  • Embargoed: 8th February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflict,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA59CFQ518C5E573U634LRFG9O7
  • Story Text: In Wadi al-Sayeh in Homs, the remains of a burnt-out armoured vehicle and shell-scarred buildings are evidence of last week's fierce clashes between Syrian armed forces and defectors supporting the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule.
    The remains of a destroyed armoured vehicle lay in the street in Wadi al-Sayeh neighbourhood in Homs on Monday (January 23), almost a week after Syrian army defectors attacked a government forces position. Residents and the Syrian observatory for Human Rights said five soldiers where killed in the ambush.

    The shell-pocked and blackened buildings in the street bore testimony to the intensity of the gunbattle. The pre-Baath party era flag, adopted by the protest movement, flutters above the buildings in the street, signalling that the area is now controlled by protesters and the soldiers who say they deserted the army because of the government's harsh crackdown.

    Syrian President Bashar Assad, 46, has faced more than 10 months of protests against his rule and a growing armed rebellion. The United Nations says 5,000 people have been killed in the security crackdown. The authorities say they are fighting foreign-backed armed "terrorists" who have killed 2,000 soldiers and policemen.
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