SYRIA: Amateur video obtained by Reuters shows the Free Syrian Army attacking government forces in the border town of Zabadani

Record ID: 280260

  • Title: SYRIA: Amateur video obtained by Reuters shows the Free Syrian Army attacking government forces in the border town of Zabadani
  • Date: 17th February 2012
  • Summary: ZABADANI, SYRIA (RECENT) (AMATEUR VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) ++NIGHT SHOTS++ CAR DRIVING THROUGH STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED FREE SYRIAN ARMY MEMBER SAYING: "By God we are going to get rid of Assad's gangs." FLASHES OF LIGHT FROM AK47 MACHINE GUN/ AUDIO OF GUNFIRE TANK EXPLODING / BLAZE VARIOUS OF TANK ABLAZE ==DAY SHOTS== FREE SYRIAN ARMY SOLDIER WALKI
  • Embargoed: 3rd March 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflict,Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA3HUY82V1ZHTWIIU3XZHZONBNP
  • Story Text: Amateur video obtained by Reuters shows rebels attacking a Syrian government tank and setting it ablaze in the mountain resort town of Zabadani.
    According to activists, the video, which also shows the town being shelled, was filmed last Friday (February 10).
    Zabadani, a town north-west of Damascus near the Lebanese border, was largely under the control of Assad's opponents for several weeks, before being stormed by government troops earlier this week.
    President Bashar al-Assad's forces entered the besieged town on Saturday after agreeing a ceasefire with rebels, an opposition leader in exile said.
    The agreement, reached after a week-long tank and artillery bombardment that left at least 100 people dead in the town of 20,000, stipulated that rebels should return weapons and armour seized from loyalist forces, who would not pursue the rebels, the opposition leader said.
    But activists said on Sunday that Syrian troops had broken the deal, sending in reinforcements to take over the town.
    The Syrian government says it is fighting ''armed terrorist gangs'' who are undermining the country's security.
    The rebels, meanwhile, say they are fighting a government crackdown on protests that began 11 months ago, calling at first for reforms but then demanding the end of the Assad family's 42-year-rule.
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