12:50 PM - 23 Dec 12 · DetailsA car bomb in the predominantly Opposition neighbourhood of Qaboun in Damascus yesterday is reported to have killed more than 5 people and injured many more.
Car Bomb Explodes in Qaboun, Damascus
Activists accused the Government of being behind the explosion as the Syrian Army closed all entrances and exits from the district 4 hours before the explosion occurred.
Regime bombardments have also continued on the suburbs of Daraya and Tishreen, while Government forces have also launched surface to surface missiles from the military airbase at Mezzeh, HERE: Five more people died when a rocket hit a bakery in the town of Hamouriya.
Activists say that Assad’s armed militia, the Shabiha, have committed another massacre in the Damascus suburb of Bahdaliya which is not far from the Shi’ite controlled town of Sayeda Zeinab, murdering 30.
Despite this, Opposition forces continue to make gains in the Damascus area, yesterday capturing the bases of both the 81st and the 131st regiments. At the 131st base the commanding officer, Colonel Hikmat Bashour, was killed and 10 rocket launchers destroyed. The base of the 81st regiment gave up another treasure trove of vehicles and ammunition and 15 Assad soldiers were taken prisoner, HERE:
In Aleppo province, Opposition fighters are today attacking Brigade 555 south of Aleppo city near Khan Touman and yesterday, nearer the city at the predominately Kurdish town of Arfin, the FSA overran the base of the 135th Brigade. Near the Neirab airbase, the FSA fired their own volleys of rockets, HERE:
This spectacular video of a downed Government helicopter, possibly one destroyed at Aziz 9 days ago, has appeared on the Internet, HERE:
FLOUR IN SYRIA NOW SUCH A PRECIOUS COMMODITY THAT CONVOYS FROM TURKEY NEED ARMED PROTECTION:
With the Assad regime deliberately destroying bakeries in Opposition held areas and stretched supply lines, even basic staple foods such as bread are in short supply. Armed convoys of flour trucks now make a perilous journey from Turkey, always in danger of being hijacked for their precious cargo.
Activists are reporting this afternoon, Saturday, the targeting by the Assad regime of another bakery in Halifya in central Hama, a town captured by Opposition fighters last week. Casualties are unclear but initial reports speak of “dozens of dead and injured”.
