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• The Arab League announced it will consider referring the Syrian matter to the UNSC for implementation in its Wednesday session.

• The Syrian national Council concluded the first day of its first general assembly meeting in Tunisia.

• In Belorussia, the government warned Syrians from demonstrating against the Assad regime declaring it will deport to Syria those found demonstrating.

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• Idlib: A Turkish citizen is murdered by Assad’s forces

• Damir, Damascus Suburbs: Lifeless body of fallen hero child Qasem Kelani

• Baba Amr, Homs: A woman severely injured due to the shelling of civilian houses by Assad’s forces

Summary of Events

The Arab League announced it will study the possibility of referring its Syria resolution to the UNSC for implementation in its Wednesday session. Again, the League announced it will be producing a firm and strict resolution if the regime were not to sign the fact-finding mission protocol.

The Syrian National Council concluded the first full day of the first general assembly meeting held in Tunisia. SNC members studied the political charter of the SNC, and the creation of teams to study the establishment of bureaus for foreign affairs, grassroots movement, media, economy, financial affairs, legal affairs, and human rights.

Assad’s forces killed at least forty civilians today, mostly in Daraa and Homs. The regime continues to launch military attacks against Daraa, Homs and Idlib due to many reported defections in those areas. The security campaign, as usual, included hundreds of arbitrary arrests, random violence, and theft. The campaign was intensified in Kafr Shamas in Daraa, and Jabal Zawiya in Idlib.

In Belorussia, the government warned Syrians not to demonstrate against the Assad regime declaring it will deport anyone who participates in a demonstration. This measure is similar to what Russian authorities took in response to anti-Ghaddafi demonstrations. However, this did not stop students from joining the pro-Assad rallies just to turn them to anti-Assad demonstrations in the last minute.

In Deir Azzour, Syrian Intelligence forces created a fraud Free Syrian Army regiment and started recruiting volunteers to capture them. This recurring theme has been taking place all over Syria due to the FSA’s loose affiliation with its regiments. The same is happening with local coordination committees, as regime members are creating many to capture demonstrators and to collect humanitarian aid money for their own pockets.

Revolution Statistics

Syrians killed: 5,300

Children killed: 351
Females killed: 235
Injured: +25,000
Missing: +50,000
Protestors killed under torture: 191
Protestors currently incarcerated: +59,000
Syrian refugees since March: +17,727
Refugees in Turkey: 10,227
Refugees in Lebanon: +5,500
Refugees in Jordan: +2,000
 
International Reactions
Arab League may refer its Syria plan to UN‎

Washington begins extensive talks about Syria at the UN Security Council and calls for coordination between the Arab League and Russia

Turkey says Syria to lose $100 million in transport revenue

West demands changes to Russia's UN resolution

Iraq’s delegation arrives in Syria for talks

Libyan leader calls on Syria's Assad to step down

Selected Media Coverage

Los Angeles Times: Syrian refugees give firsthand account of slide into bloodshed

Al-Arabiya: Syria: Al-Assad's flight from reality

Daily Mail: Channel 4: We'll screen shocking images of violence and child abuse that proves Syrian torture policy

Open Democracy: Syria's guilty men

Upcoming Events
December 18: California, USA
Syrian revolution concert with Yahya Hawwa & Wasfi Maasarani
 
December 18: Granada, Spain
Demonstration in solidarity with the Syrian revolution
 
December 18: Athens, Greece

Demonstration to denounce the crimes of the Syrian regime

Videos

Damascus

Maidan: Demonstration at the heart of the capital chants for the Free Syrian Army

Qadam: Demonstrators demand the overthrow of the regime

Barzeh: Evening demonstration chants for the fallen heroes

Damascus Suburbs

Zabadani: Mass evening demonstration demands the overthrow of the regime

Daraya: All-women demonstration demands the release of detainees

Zabadani: Assad’s forces fire live ammunition with heavy machineguns at civilian houses

Yabroud: Assad’s military tanks storm the town

Ain Tarma: Evening demonstration condemns the disappointing position of the Arab League

Douma: Evening demonstration to affirm the continuation of the revolution against Assad

Aleppo Suburbs

Tal Refaat: Evening demonstration demands the overthrow of the regime

Atarib: Evening demonstration chants we want to execute Bashar

Marea: Demonstrators chant for free Syria

Ezaz: General strike and civil disobedience in order to overthrow the regime

Al-Bab: Shops shuts down its doors in response to the general strike

Homs

Ashira: Fallen hero Talal Aajour

Khaldiya: Funeral procession of fallen hero Hesham Hassoun

Bayada: A civilian shot dead by Assad’s forces who also shot at anyone who attempted to rescue the injured man

Deir Baalba: Demonstrators promise Assad to meet an end similar to Gadhafi’s

Safsafa: Mass evening demonstration demands Assad’s execution

Palmyra: General strike and civil disobedience in order to overthrow the regime

Daraa

Dael: Evening demonstration denounces the disappointing position of the Arab League and demands the overthrow of the regime

Bosra: Demonstration led by a young child demands Assad’s execution

Saida: Evening demonstration chants against Assad and his father and demands the overthrow of the regime

Tesil: Mass evening demonstration despite the cut-off of electricity calling upon the Arab and International world to save the lives of civilians

Melehat Al-Atash: Demonstrators chant “we prefer death to humiliation”

Hama

Hamidiya: Demonstrators refuse a solution similar to the one in Yemen and demand the execution of Assad

Karama: Demonstration joined by women and children chants for freedom and demands the ouster of Assad

Souran: Demonstrators chant for the city of Homs and other towns under repression

Olaylat: Demonstrators demand the overthrow of the regime

Idlib

Kafarnabel: Assad’s forces storm the town

Haish: Assad’s forces storm the town and open fire at civilians and their houses

Kafrouma: Demonstrators chant for the disaster-impacted city of Homs

Kafarsanja: Funeral procession of fallen heroes Turky & Fatima Badir-Diab killed by Assad’s forces

Deir Azzour

City Centre: Funeral procession of fallen hero Agheid Omari

City Centre: Sounds of heavy gunfire while Assad’s forces were storming the city

Demonstrations Abroad

Turkey: Demonstration at the Syrian Consulate to condemn the crimes of the Syrian regime

Turkey: Candle vigil for the people of Syria

Lebanon: Wounded Syrian refugees join a protest against the Syrian regime

USA: Demonstration at the Chinese Consulate in Chicago condemning the government’s support to the Syrian regime

France: Demonstration against the increasing violence by the Syrian regime