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leaked by a defector from this covert unit who was called Abdel-Majeed Barakat. He leaked copies of the Crisis Cell’s official
documentation, which included security force reports on deaths across the country, statements which admitted the mistreatment of
Syrian civilians and prisoners and notes on the Syrian opposition. One month into the anti-government protests across Syria, this
“Crisis Cell,” was formed by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime to monitor events and decide to tackle the unrest with military-led
solutions. The cell included top intelligence, government and security force figures who documented events across Syria, gathering
information which would reach the president directly on a daily basis. [366] 42 civilians were reported killed by the Syrian army,
including 27 in Homs. [367]
20 April - Friday of "The Revolution will be Victorious" Over 50 civilians were killed, primarily in the Idlib region, as weekly
Friday protests emerged in Syria, concentrating primarily in Aleppo city, Damascus and its Suburbs, the Daraa, Idlib, Homs, Deir
Ezzor, and Hama provinces, and the Raqqa and Hasakah provinces. The Syrian Army continued its heavy bombardment on the
Khalidya neighborhood of Homs, as state television reported that rebels killed 10 soldiers in Quneitra. [368]
21 April At least 40 civilians were killed by the Syrian army, mostly in Homs and Daraa. [369]
22 April 22 civilians were reported killed by the Syrian Army, as the Damascus suburbs came under artillery shelling. [370]
23 April 38 civilians alone were killed in a reported massacre by the Syrian army in central Hama, when the Syrian army launched a
barrage of mortars against a neighborhood. 20 civilians were killed when the Syrian army shelled Douma. Another 22 civilians were
killed throughout the country, primarily in Homs, Idlib, and Daraa, bringing the day's death toll to 80. [370][371]
24 April 38 civilians were killed by the Syrian army, including over a dozen in Homs and 9 in the Damascus suburbs. [372]
25 April By the end of the day over 100 civilians were reported killed by the Syrian army, at least 70 of which were in Hama. [373] In
Hama, a rocket attack was reported to have completely destroyed a building. The Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC) said
security forces fired a rocket at the building in the Mashaa Attayar area. Activists said among the dead were 13 children and 16
women, with more bodies still under the rubble. Footage on YouTube of the blast showed a crowd of men pulling out the bloodied
body of a young girl. Another video shows the collapsed remains of the building, as ash-covered men dig through piles of masonry
looking for bodies amid the cries of onlookers. [374]
26 April At least 28 civilians were reported killed, primarily in Hama. [375]
27 April - Friday of "God is coming, no impatience" Weekly Friday demonstrations came out against the Syrian government, amid
16 people being gunned down across the country by security forces fire, and 9 were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in
al-Midan Damascus targeting security forces. Protests were largest in Aleppo, Homs, Hama, the Idlib and Daraa province, and
Damascus and its suburbs. [376][377]
28 April Hundreds of soldiers reportedly defected in Damascus and Latakia, amid clashes between rebels and the Syrian government.
15 civilians were reported killed by mid-day, and 9 soldiers and rebels were killed in fire-fights, Meanwhile the Rebels made an
amphibious attack near Latakia against the Syrian Regime's troops . [378][379]
29 April The LCC reported 29 civilians killed by the Syrian along with two defectors. [380]
30 April 20 government soldiers were killed in three coordinated bombings in Idlib targeting security and military buildings. A car
bomb exploded in Damascus Qudsaya causing unspecified number of casualties, and 28 civilians were killed across the country by the
Syrian army, primarily in Homs. [381]
Kurdish Mountains clashes
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