بلدة معلولا المسيحية بأيدي مسلحي المعارضة السورية
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سيطر مقاتلون من المعارضة السورية على بلدة معلولا المسيحية شمال دمشق.
وأفاد المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان وسكان وكالة "فرانس برس" الاحد، أن المعارك ادت الى سقوط 17 قتيلا واكثر من مئة جريح من مقاتلي المعارضة وعشرات القتلى والجرحى في صفوف القوات الحكومية واللجان الشعبية الموالية لها.
وقال مدير المرصد رامي عبد الرحمن لوكالة "فرانس برس": "ليلا دخلت قوات النظام الى المدينة لكنها عاودت الانسحاب"، مشيرا الى ان أعدادا كبيرة من المقاتلين المعارضين دخلوا البلدة و"سيطروا عليها بشكل كامل بعد معارك عنيفة".
واشار الى ان القوات النظامية انسحبت الى مشارف البلدة.
واوضح الملازم اول المنشق عرابة ادريس الذي يقود مجموعة مقاتلة في المنطقة من ضمن "كتائب بابا عمرو" في اتصال هاتفي مع وكالة "فرانس برس"، أيضا أن "القوات النظامية موجودة عند الحاجز الذي تم نسفه واعادت تعزيزه عند مدخل معلولا".
وذكر ان "الشباب (المعارضون) تمكنوا من التقدم ودخول معلولا بعد هجوم واسع قام به الجيش النظامي امس على ثلاثة محاور في محيط معلولا واستخدم فيه الدبابات والمدافع والطيران، ما اجبر الشباب على الانسحاب في مرحلة اولى بعد ان استشهد عدد منهم".
وتلت ذلك "معارك عنيفة" تمكن خلالها مقاتلو المعارضة من استعادة السيطرة على المدينة.
وينتمي المقاتلون الذين دخلوا معلولا الى مجموعات مقاتلة عدة بينها، بالاضافة الى "كتائب بابا عمرو" و"جبهة تحرير القلمون" التي تعمل تحت لواء الجيش السوري الحر، جبهة النصرة الاسلامية المتطرفة.
واوضح ادريس ان "وتيرة العمليات العسكرية اليوم خفيفة جدا، وان قوات النظام لا تقوم بتحريك آلياتها".
واشار الى ان سكان معلولا المدنيين بدأوا يهربون من البلدة اعتبارا من الاربعاء الماضي، مع بدء المعارك.
واكدت امرأة من سكان معلولا في اتصال هاتفي مع "فرانس برس" انسحاب الجيش خلال الليل وانتشار مقاتلي المعارضة "في كل مكان".
وقالت رافضة كشف هويتها ان "الوضع هادىء"، موضحة ان "مسلحي المعارضة داخل معلولا وقوات الحكومة انسحبت".
ومعلولا المعروفة بآثارها المسيحية القديمة ومغاورها المحفورة في الصخر، تقع ضمن منطقة القلمون على بعد حوالى 55 كلم شمال دمشق التي يسيطر مقاتلو المعارضة على اجزاء واسعة منها.
ويمكن ان تشكل القلمون بوابة لقطع طريق دمشق حمص على قوات النظام وبالتالي اعاقة الامدادات الى حمص الواقعة بمعظمها تحت سيطرة قوات النظام.
كما ان السيطرة على القلمون من شانها ان تشدد الطوق على مدينة دمشق، لا سيما ان لمقاتلي المعارضة تواجدا في جنوب وشرق وغرب العاصمة.
واندلعت المعارك في معلولا الاربعاء اثر تفجير رجل اردني من جبهة النصرة نفسه في حاجز القوات النظامية عند مدخل البلدة. وتلت ذلك اشتباكات عنيفة وكر وفر، بحسب المرصد. ثم استعادت قوات النظام الحاجز وهاجمت المقاتلين في محيط البلدة.
10:18 ,2013 أيلول 08
919
Again?
Didn't the rebels supposedly withdraw because the town had no strategic value? What are they up to, I wonder?
10:52 ,2013 أيلول 08
811
I've seen numerous troubling footage regarding their view and conduct on places of worship and I don't like it. The inconsistency of their behavior and claims puts me at an unease regarding the ethicality.
No idea really. I reciprocate the question for insight.
11:21 ,2013 أيلول 08
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Are they not the same people ( Rebels) the US want to help ?
What a complete farce , what would they do when or if the US do launch an attack against the Syrians ! I believe not 1400 , nor 100 000 but over a million people shall perish in only 6 months within the first strikes by the US in our Region ! What would the US do then ? Call upon Israel for help? Then another million shall perish . What then , should they called upon the EU for help ? Then a further million shall perish ! What then , should Russia be called in to help ? BUT WHO ? By that time we would have lost count of how many lives have perished , then what ? WW3?
Signed Wolf !!!!
06:36 ,2013 أيلول 09
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If the U.S. wanted to see Assad gone and help the rebels defeat Assad, they would have done it 2 years ago. Though calculated, big mistake by Iran and Syria to use C.W. If the C.W. had targeted these filthy Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra or Al-zbelleh type foreign fighters with minimum foreseen casualties amongst the population, then I'd say Assad has the right to kill invaders by any means, specially terrorists. Saddam did it against the Invading Iranians though didn't sit well with the U.S. In my opinion, Saddam was within his rights, if and only if, those Iranian soldiers had already invaded Iraqi territories and were inside Iraq when the C.W. were unleashed.
06:36 ,2013 أيلول 09
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Here, If anybody thinks that the West (Like the British) and/or the U.S. supplied these filthy terrorist type rebels with the C.W. to blame it on Assad, then this U.S. President who didn't want to have anything to do with M.E. wars, would have had the support of the West, Syria would have been attacked by now and not find himself alienated. By killing babies with C.W., Assad demonstrated that he will do anything at his disposal to stay in power. So do Russia and China who vicariously have blood on their hands. If it wasn't Assad, I think either Saudi Arabia, Libya or Qatar who had been supporting the Jihadist rebels (I might even add Al-Qaeda/Nusra without proof) would be inclined to do it in order to force the hands of the U.S. shortsighted and arrogant President who drew the "red line" on his own without first consulting his Congress and/or allies.
11:30 ,2013 أيلول 08
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Shou? Where are the Al Qaeda sympathizers now? Yes yes, FSA-Al Qaeda is secular and moderate! They want to protect minorities! They just want a democracy!You can put lipstick on an FSA-Al Qaeda terrorist, but they'll still be an FSA-Al Qaeda terrorist.
May the noble people of Maalula prevail over the barbaric, heart/kidney-consuming FSA-Al Qaeda cannibal terrorists and their main sponsor, the kingdom of terrorism.
14:53 ,2013 أيلول 08
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LoL, Volf is someone we know under various nicknames....
If it makes him happy and makes him feel 'important' to be voted up, should we refuse him to do so? ;-)
Haraam, I pity him, he must be “mal dans sa peau„ !
14:54 ,2013 أيلول 08
137
They don't argue, they insult..... Typical M8 behaviour. (sadly)
08:50 ,2013 أيلول 09
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I'm saddened to know that you are saddened by some behavior by some. May I suggest that you skip over "somes" comments and only read those by the other "somes?" They surely seem very classy, and thereby joyful. You are so sensitive and do not deserve to be saddened! After all, why can't everybody be perfect, or, let's say, blessed? Now this is saddening. No?
15:43 ,2013 أيلول 08
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WOLF: You claim to have witnessed fellow soldiers captured and executed by the LF. All I can say is you are a lier. The only people running with this story are the SSNP. And they also claim that Piere Jomael was killed by the LF. You sir are affiliated with the SSNP, you people are rotten to the bone. As for the disasterous conflict that erupted in East Beirut, Aoun was the one who gave the command to the army to disarm the LF. He accomplished his mission, and left every other faction in Lebanon armed.
This paved the way for the Syrians to re-enter Beirut and storm the Presidental Palace. Nobody in Lebanons History has been so destructive to the Christian community as Aoun.
16:19 ,2013 أيلول 08
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peacelover, don't feel bad about wolf, his sole purpose in life is to insult people who do not agree with his warped mind. He has done it to me many times and in the end I just stopped answering his insults.
16:31 ,2013 أيلول 08
710
It happened that the only Christian community survived in the ME is the one in Lebanon. Iraq, Egypt and now Syria, the Christians lost major. The only factor was Assad, the father, he understood the conspiracy against Christians and he was able to prevent it in Lebanon. I hope Bashar can pull some strength and play this better. Now for some idiots Christian in Lebanon who think Assad attacked them during the civil war, I would say, I feel sorry for your brainwashed Geagea way
16:32 ,2013 أيلول 08
711
It happened that the only Christian community survived in the ME is the one in Lebanon. Iraq, Egypt and now Syria, the Christians lost major. The only factor was Assad, the father, he understood the conspiracy against Christians and he was able to prevent it in Lebanon. I hope Bashar can pull some strength and play this better. Now for some idiots Christian in Lebanon who think Assad attacked them during the civil war, I would say, I feel sorry for your brainwashed Geagea way
22:08 ,2013 أيلول 08
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Maalula is less than 5 kilometers from Lebanon and Hizb stronghold, and yet no help was sent. Letting Islamists take the town sure help scare all Christians and surely serves the Syrian regimes propaganda.
05:16 ,2013 أيلول 09
00
Thank you for betting your life. Your likes have bet theirs in the past and only the lives of the innocent were taken. So go bet your life in some urinal where it belongs. "I will bet my life" huh!
23:02 ,2013 أيلول 08
32
The FSA must be supported much more assertively. Weapons, training, organizational still, etc are urgently needed to make the FSA less dependent on groups like Al Nusra. The West's failure to act has been helping both Assad and the Takfiris. Hopefully the US congress will make the right decision tomorrow and things will begin to shift.
