Thursday, July 25, 2013

Syria update

At least 2,014 people, most of them fighters on both sides, have been killed in Syria's civil war since the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan began on July 10, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP on Thursday.
"More than 1,323 of the dead were pro- and anti-regime fighters," said the watchdog, adding that an additional 105 of those killed were children.
[AFP]


A 15-year-old Turkish boy died late on Wednesday from injuries sustained last week when he was hit by stray bullets from Syria during clashes between armed Kurds affiliated with Democratic Union Party and Syrian rebels near the Turkish border, hospital sources said.
Ahmet Gunduz died in hospital in the capital Ankara after being struck by gunfire on July 16 in the small southeastern town of Ceylanpinar, which lies across the border from the northern Syrian town of Ras al-Ain.
[Reuters-AFP]

 According to this video, it is claimed that Syrian forces are shelling Khaleed Ibn Al Waleed Mosque. The mosque in Homs is under attack for the fourth week. Al Jazeera cannot independently verify the authenticity of the video.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lMdTR7b7iqM

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