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(May-July 2012)
May 2012
1 May The Local Coordination Committees of Syria (LCC) reported 45 people were killed by the Syrian Army, including 18 in a
reported massacre in the Idlib province. [3][4][5] Hervé Ladsous, the United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping
Operations, said that both sides had violated the 12 April ceasefire agreement. [6][7]
2 May The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that 15 Syrian troops, including two colonels, were
killed in an ambush by rebels in the northern province of Aleppo. Two rebel fighters were also killed. [8][9][10] The New York-based
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that government forces had killed at least 95 civilians and demolished hundreds of houses in a
two-week offensive in Idlib during ceasefire negotiations. The report documented dozens of extrajudicial executions, killings of
civilians, and destruction of civilian property that qualify as war crimes, as well as arbitrary detention and torture by the Syrian
government. [9][11][12] 30 people were killed by the Syrian army across Syria, the LCC reported. [13]
3 May 25 people were reported killed by Syrian security forces, including at least 4 students from Aleppo University. [14][15] Around
1,500 students had been protesting in student dormitories next to Aleppo university's main campus when security forces and Shabiha
attacked them, firing tear gas and live ammunition to disperse the student protesters. 200 students were reportedly detained, and the
university announced the suspension of all classes as a consequence of the attack on campus. [16][17][18] The White House Press
Secretary Jay Carney said it may be time for the world to acknowledge the cease-fire in Syria is not holding and try a new approach to
stopping the violence. [19][20]
4 May - Friday of "our loyalty is our salvation" Anti-government protesters took to the streets after Friday prayers, with the largest
demonstrations occurring in Aleppo, Damascus, the Idlib and Daara provinces, and Homs and Hama. Syrian forces killed at least 12
people when they fired on demonstrators in Damascus and Aleppo. [21][22] The LCC reported that 37 people were killed across Syria by
the Syrian army. [23] Amnesty International senior crisis adviser Donatella Rovera, returning from a visit to Idlib, reported that Syrian
forces were executing scores of suspected opposition sympathisers in Idlib. [24][25] Kofi Annan's spokesman Ahmad Fawzi told
reporters in Geneva that the "peace plan is on track." [20][26] US officials say the plan is failing mainly because of Syrian government
violations. [27]
5 May SOHR reported that at least 5 people were killed in a bomb explosion at a car wash in the Al Sukari neighborhood of Aleppo.
A member of the Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the car wash was used by members of a pro-Assad
militia. [28][29] Reuters reported that the Syrian army had not withdrawn tanks in Douma in line with the 12 April truce agreement. [30] 25
people were killed by the Syrian army across Syria, the LCC reported. [31]
6 May The Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported that 9 civilians, including a woman and child, were killed by Syrian government
forces. In other incidents nationwide there were dozens of casualties as government forces shot randomly at protesters. The Local
Coordination Committees of Syria (LCC) reported that 20 people were killed by the Syrian army including 8 bodies found in a mass
grave in Idlib and a defected soldier. [32][33]
7 May The LCC reported 35 people killed by the Syrian army, this total including the discovery of a mass grave in Idlib. [34]
8 May The LCC reported 36 people killed by the Syrian army. [35][36]
9 May The LCC reported 20 people killed by the Syrian army. Several Syrian soldiers were killed by an ambush from the FSA as
well. [37][38]
10 May At least 55 people were killed and some 372 people injured by two powerful car bomb blasts in Damascus. [39] Opposition
groups denied responsibility while Haitham Maleh, a leading opposition figure, blamed the regime. Media attention focused on the
Al-Nusra Front, a little known jihadi-type group that had previously claimed responsibility for bombings in Damascus and Aleppo. [40]
Earlier in the week Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, head of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), had expressed
worries that Syria was rushing into an uncontollable spiral of sectarian violence and following the latest bombings urged the
perpetrators to refrain from violence and let the peace process move forward. [41][42] The United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
condemned the attacks and urged all sides to "immediately and comprehensively" implement the six-point peace plan of UN-Arab
League envoy Kofi Annan. [43][44] The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the bombings the work of "outsiders", alleging
that unspecified foreign states shared the blame. [45][46][47] The LCC responded by asserting that the Syrian government had orchestrated
and masterminded the bombings to bolster the Russian position. [48] The United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice
said that it was too early to call the peace plan a failure. She confirmed that the US was providing logistical and communication
support to the Syrian opposition, but had shied away from providing arms. [49] Elsewhere, the LCC reported that 37 people were killed
by the Syrian army, including 10 in Homs. [50]
11 May - Friday of "Victory from God and Soon Relief" Anti-government protesters took to the streets after Friday prayers, with
the largest demonstrations occurring in Aleppo, Damascus, the Idlib and Daara provinces, and Homs and Hama. Syrian forces killed