During Mr. Annan’s plan on April 10th to July 10th 2012, more than 1,170 citizens, including 108 children, have been killed in Homs either in the increasing indiscriminate shelling or in the massacres that increased during Mr. Annan’s plan, which defies the purpose of the plan.
Violence escalated significantly in both rural Homs and the city of Homs including Al-Houlah, Rastan, Al-Quseir, Deir Balaba, Al-Qaryatein, Qalaat Al-Hisn, Al-Khaldya, Jouret al-Shyah, Ash-Shammas, Joubar and Al-Sultanya.
All these neighborhoods,towns, and cities witnessed raids, rockets shelling, warplanes bombardment, extra judicial and summary executions, and horrible inhumane massacres in the presence of the UN monitors.
The following is a summary that shows the systematic suppression and violence used by Assad’s regime against Syrian citizens.
Rastan massacre: 11 April 2012
Eleven civilians from two families were killed when their homes were targeted with phosphorus and chemical shells burning the bodies completely making it impossible to identify them.
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Al-Bayada neighborhood massacre: 12 April 2012
9 victims, including 2 little girls, were killed due to indiscriminate shelling and barrages of gunfire on the neighborhood.
Ash-Shammas neighborhood massacre: 15 May 2012 and 6 June 2012
The killing of fourteen citizens was documented and verified after the raid of the neighborhood by Assad’s regime security forces, army troops and pro-regime shabeeha militias who perpetrated systematic terrorism. They arrested scores of young men, gathered them in a public neighborhood, humiliated and tortured them, and then extra judicially executed some, including Marea Zaqreet, the Imam of the neighborhood’s mosque. This neighborhood hosted displaced people from the neighborhoods of Baba Amr and Joubar.
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Al-Houla massacre: Night of 26 May 2012
The most horrible and most bloody massacre in the history of the Syrian revolution in Homs; 109 victims most of whom are children and women were killed in a systematic attack by pro-regime shabeeha militias who came from pro-regime villages neighboring Al-Houla. Assad’s regime army supported and covered those barbaric militias in their perpetration of this massacre.
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Al-Bwaida massacre/fertilizer factory workers massacre: 31 May 2012
Twelve civilians, fertilizer factory workers, were abducted and lead to a nearby farm. Then they had were humiliated, tortured, extra judicially executed with gunfire, and disfigured by Assad’s forces.
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Talbiseh massacre: 10 June 2012
Assad’s forces carried out continual indiscriminate shelling for many days killing many citizens and wounding scores of others. On this day, ten people were killed in indiscriminate shelling and helicopter bombardment on the city.
Second Rastan massacre: 13 June 2012
More than fourteen citizens, including children, were killed in indiscriminate shelling, including helicopter bombardment, on Rastan.
The Rastan Second Massacre, children and women were killed by helicopter bombardment.
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Deir Balaba neighborhood massacre: 21 June 2012
The fierce shelling targeted the neighborhood concentrating on the neighborhood’s school, where it was known by the regime forces that displaced people had sought refuge. This school was targeted directly with 3 shells killing 17 citizens in a few minutes. The attack wounded many others at a time when there was a severe shortage of medical necessities and inability to provide any form of primary medical care. At the time, it was also made impossible to transport the wounded to dispensaries or hospitals.
Qalaat Al-Hisn massacre: 28 and 29 of June 2012
More than 22 victims were killed in 48 hours. Most of the victims were killed due to fierce shelling targeting the city. The victims included 6 members from a family, they were extra judicially executed by pro-regime shabeeha militias. In addition, 10 victims were killed due to shelling that targeted a bus that was transporting displaced people from Qalaat Al-Hisn.
Jouret Al-Shyah massacre: 1 July 2012
Fierce and continual shelling on Jouret Al-Shyah for more than a month lead to the collapse of many buildings and the killing of scores of scores of citizens; on 01 July 02012, Assad’s regime army shelled a building causing its collapse over the heads of people inside. Six people were killed, one of whom is still under the rubble.
All information and videos in the report provided by:
Syrian Network for Human Rights
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies in Syria
