Syrian Civil War 2011-2012 - Societa italiana di storia militare

27 March 70 civilians were killed in Syria by the Syrian army, the LCC reported. 40 of which were killed in Idlib, including 23
reportedly summarily executed in a field in Saraqib, Idlib province. [329]
28 March The LCC reported that 30 civilians were killed by the Syrian army, 13 of which were killed in Homs. [330] Two British
journalists of Algerian descent were killed by Shabiha while crossing the border from Turkey into Syria. [331]
29 March 60 civilians were killed throughout Syria, primarily in Homs and Idlib. [332] The Free Syrian Army assassinated two
colonels in central Aleppo, and kidnapped an air force general in Damascus. [333] Three brigadier generals reportedly defected to the
Free Syrian Army upon releasing defection videos in which they showed their officer cards. [334]
30 March - Friday of "The Arabs and the Muslims failed us" Protesters took to the streets in mass in weekly Friday protests, with
the largest occurring in Damascus and its suburbs, Hama, Homs, the Idlib province, Aleppo and the Daraa province. 55 protesters and
civilians were killed by security forces across the country, primarily in Homs and Deir Ezzor. [335][336][337]
31 March 40 civilians were killed by the Syrian army across Syria, primarily in Homs. [338]
April
1 April 70 civilians were killed when the Syrian army launched artillery attacks on the central Homs neighborhoods and Deir Ezzor.
The Friends of Syria meeting recognized the SNC as the legitimate representative of Syria, one step under full recognition as the sole
government. The GCC countries announced that they intend to start paying and funding the Free Syrian Army and any army member
who defects. [339]
2 April 65 civilians were killed across Syria from artillery shelling by the Syrian army, primarily in Homs and Dier Ezzor. The Free
Syrian Army captured Homs's national hospital, where they found 75 unidentified corpses stored in the morgue. The combined death
toll of 2 April's shelling and the recently found corpses brought the death toll for Monday to 140. [340]
3 April 29 civilians were killed across Syria, primarily in the shelling of Homs and Damascus's suburbs including Zabadani. [341] By
the end of the day the LCC reported 80 civilians had been killed by the Syrian army, primarily in Homs and Idlib. [342][343]
4 April 101 civilians were reported killed by the Syrian army, primarily in the bombardment of Homs and sieges in the Idlib
province. [344]
5 April 70 civilians were killed across Syria by the Syrian army, primarily in Homs and Idlib. [345]
6 April - Friday of preparing the Free Syrian Army Protests took to the street in mass in weekly Friday protests, as ongoing sieges
and clashes took place across Syria. The largest protests occurred in Damascus and its suburbs, Homs, Daraa, Idlib province, Aleppo,
and Hama. [346] Thousands of people fled the Aleppo province to Turkey, as 51 civilians were killed, primarily in the Syrian army's
bombardment of Homs. [347] Separately, there have been reports that over 100 were killed in Taftanaz, Idlib, in a reported massacre by
the Syrian army. Refugees fleeing from Taftanaz to Turkey reported mass graves and intentional burning of homes by the Syrian
army. [348]
7 April By mid-day, over 150 people were reported killed, primarily in the artillery shelling in Homs, but also over 50 dead when the
Syrian army stormed rural villages in Hama. [349]
8 April The LCC reported 45 civilians killed by the Syrian army, primarily in Homs and Idlib. [350]
9 April 160 civilians were killed by the Syrian army, including 52 in Homs, 45 in the Aleppo Provence, and 36 in Hama. [351] A
journalist in Lebanon was killed by heavy machine gun fire from the Syrian army. Ali Shaaban, who works as a cameraman for Al
Jadeed TV station, was shot as he was filming in the northern Wadi Khaled area on the Lebanese side of the border. The gunfire
apparently came from the Syrian side of the frontier. [352] His colleague, reporter Hussein Khreis, said the team heard heavy gunfire
around them from all sides "falling like rain". Mr Shaaban was inside a car when he was struck, Mr Khreis said. "If you see the car
you would think it was in a war zone," Mr Khreis said on Al Jadeed TV. "It is completely destroyed from the bullets." He said they
waited for more than two hours for the Lebanese army and some residents to come and pull them out to safety. "I ask forgiveness
from Ali's family because I couldn't do anything for him," he said, breaking into tears. [353]
10 April 101 civilians were killed by the Syrian army, including 56 in Homs and 22 in Hama. [354]
11 April By mid-day the LCC reported over 100 civilian deaths, of which 57 were in Homs. [355]
12 April The Kofi Annan sponsored ceasefire came into effect, but there were several occurrences of ceasefire violations by the
Syrian army. Additionally the Syrian army did not withdraw its heavy weapons. At least 1 soldier and 24 others were wounded by an
improvised explosive device near Aleppo. [356] The LCC reported 22 civilians killed by the Syrian army, including 9 in Homs. [357]
13 April - Friday of Revolution for All Syrians Mass weekly Friday protests broke out, with larger-than-usual protests occurring in
Aleppo, Damascus and its Suburbs, Latakia, Deir Ezzor, Daraa, the Idlib province, Hama and Homs, despite no withdrawal of the
Syrian army and heavy weaponry from cities. 11 protesters were reported killed by the evening. Some places such as Zabadani and al
Quseir Homs were shelled despite a ceasefire. [358]
14 April 27 civilians were killed by the Syrian army, including 13 in Homs when the Syrian army shelled the central neighborhood of
Homs despite the cease-fire. Security forces opened fire on a funeral in Aleppo city, killing 8 mourners. [359]
15 April 28 civilians were killed, as the intense shelling of Homs continued. [360]
16 April By the end of the day 55 civilians were killed by the Syrian army, including 26 in Idlib. [361]
17 April By the of the end-day 77 civilians were killed by the Syrian army, primarily in Homs and Idlib. [362][363]
18 April At least 32 civilians were killed by the Syrian army, primarily in Homs, Idlib, and Damascus. Ten soldiers were also killed
by an IED near Idlib. [364] Also, Ban-Ki Moon, secretary-general for the U.N, said that the Syrian Government had "yet to fully
implement its initial obligations regarding the actions and deployments of its troops and heavy weapons, or to return them to barracks.
Violent incidents and reports of casualties have escalated again in recent days, with reports of shelling of civilian areas and abuses by
government forces." Ban also said that the U.N observers deployed to Syria had yet to visit Homs because the Syrian government
refused to give them permission to go there. Ban confirmed violent incidents when the UN observers went to Arbeen, in the
Damascus suburbs, and said that a crowd of opposition demonstarters that had protested around the passing UN cars had been shot at,
and one UN vehicle had been damaged. [365]
19 April More secret documents were leaked from the Syria government. Highly classified documents from a covert Syrian
government unit exposed attempts by the regime to contain the unrest sweeping the country, according to Al arabiya. These were