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Damascus Countryside. 22 rebels were killed. [324] 34 soldiers were slain. [325] The weekly death toll, according to SOHR, resulted in a
body count of 209 rebels & 351 soldiers. [326]
23 July 175 civilians were killed by the Syrian army by the end of the day, including 90 in Damascus and its suburbs alone. [327] At
least 35 soldiers and 17 rebels died. [328]
24 July The Syrian ambassador to Cyprus, Lamia al-Hariri, defected to the opposition bringing the total number of ambassadors to
defect publicly to 3. She is the niece of Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa. The former ambassador to Sweden, Bassam Imadi
said that the envoys to Germany, the Czech Republic, and Belarus, had defected already, but have not announced it publicly due to
fears over government reprisals. [329] 150 civilians were killed by the Syrian army, including 46 in Hama, of which over 30 died in a
massacre in Latamna. [330] 26 soldiers and 4 opposition fighters were killed. [331] Regime MiG-23s [332] bomb eastern areas of the
commercial capital of Syria, Aleppo, the first solid claims of war planes being used by Assad. Sarah Leah Whitson, the director of the
Middle East division of Human Rights Watch, said the use of fighter jets in populated areas was of great concern. [333]
25 July Turkey closed all border gates with Syria due to worsening security conditions, though it would still let refugees cross. [334]
Syria’s ambassador to the UAE, Abdelatif al-Dabbagh defected to Qatar, where his wife, Lamaya al-Hariri who defected earlier was
also staying. [335] A military attache to the Syrian embassy to Oman defected. [336] Also two more Brigadier Generals defected, going to
Turkey, bring the total number of defected generals to 27. [337] 129 people were killed by the Syrian army by evening. 27 were killed
Damascus and its Suburbs, where most killed in a massacre in the Qaboun neighborhood, their bodies were discovered today. [338] At
least 41 soldiers and 32 opposition fighters died throughout the country. [339] Fighting continued much of the day in the southern suburb
of Kadam, and young men report the Syrian Army setting people's houses on fire. [340] A long column of dozens of Assad's tanks,
brought in from Idlib and Hama, [341] approached Aleppo in an attempt to crush the opposition forces there. [342]
26 July Ikhlas al-Badawi, Syrian legislator for the Aleppo Governorate, defected from the city of Aleppo and into Turkey, [343]
blaming the 'savage torture' of the Assad regime and becoming the first member of the rubber-stamp assembly dominated by the
Ba'ath party to defect. [344] As the Free Syrian Army holds western and eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, Assad's army bombards the
western neighborhoods with mortars, and bombards the eastern neighborhood with Russian Mi-25 helicopter gunships. [345] Over 200
civilians were killed by the Syrian army by the end of the day. 47 were killed in Aleppo, while 46 were killed Damascus and its
Suburbs, where most killed in a massacre in the Yalda and Saynab neighborhoods. [346]
27 July - Friday of "The Revolt of the Two Capitals" Over 100 civilians were killed by the Syrian army, including 30 in Daraa. [347]
The Syrian ambassador to Belarus and the Baltic states announced his defection to the opposition. [348] Protests occurred throughout
Syria, as the Syrian army prepared to converge onto Aleppo, in a bid to try to retake the city from the Free Syrian Army. [349]
28 July A Syrian TV presenter on state TV defected, citing crimes against civilians committed by the state. [350] Over 180 civilians
were killed by the Syrian army by the end of the day, primarily in Aleppo, Daara, and the Damascus suburbs. [351] Assad's forces
bombarded FSA-held areas of Aleppo, and then sent in tanks supported by helicopter gunships. However, the FSA attacked the
invading tanks with rocket-propelled grenades, causing the tanks to withdraw, so Assad's forces went back to bombarding FSA-held
neighborhoods from afar. [352][353]
29 July 114 civilians were killed by the Syrian army by the end of the day, including 41 in Damascus and its suburbs, of which 36
were killed in a massacre in Moadamiyeh. [354] The Syrian opposition ask allies for heavy arms to stop tanks and aeroplanes. [355]
30 July Syrian rebels seize strategic checkpoint between Aleppo and Turkey after a 10-hour battle. [356] Deputy police chief in Syria's
Latakia, a brigadier general, flees and defected to Turkey with 11 other Syrian officers. [357] Syria closes Australian embassy. [358] Syrian
Chargé d'Affaires, Khaled al-Ayoubi, has informed the Britain's Foreign Office today that he has left his post in the Syrian embassy in
London because he is "no longer willing to represent a regime that has committed such violent and oppressive acts against its own
people." [359] At least 100 people were killed by the Syrian army, including 30 in the Damascus suburbs and 25 in Aleppo. [360]
31 July Syrian rebels overran two police stations in Aleppo city, killing at least 40 policemen. [361] The defenders of the police stations
and posts were Mukhabarat and Shabiha, both of whom have been accused of abuses including torture and rape and summary justice
appears to have been meted out in some instances. Continued rebel resistance against armour and artillery in districts of Salheddine
and Hamdanuyeh. A militia loyal to Assad carried out an assault near the city's airport which made the road viable for regime soldiers
and supplies to be brought from Damascus. [362] Syrian rebels capture military base in Al-Bab, near to Aleppo, effectively freeing the
city, after withdrawal of government forces. [363] 97 civilians were killed by the Syrian army, including 22 in Aleppo and 15 in
Homs. [364] while the Syrian consul in Armenia, Mohammad Hussam Hafez, defected to the opposition. [365]
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