{"id":20281,"date":"2013-12-16T17:35:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T22:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?p=20281"},"modified":"2013-12-17T08:20:35","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T13:20:35","slug":"battle-east-ghouta-damascus-rebels-claim-kill-800-syrian-army-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/battle-east-ghouta-damascus-rebels-claim-kill-800-syrian-army-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle in East Ghouta, Damascus: Rebels Claim to kill 800 Syrian Army Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Rebels Announce Major Battle in the East Ghouta, a region on the outskirts of Damascus<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Over 800 Syria army soldiers killed (the videos and photos do not show near 800 bodies)<\/li>\n<li>Rebels have 204 bodies including officers and multinational experts.<\/li>\n<li>Numerous villages liberated in a 40 square km region of the Ghouta among other\u00a0achievements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IslamArmy01\/status\/412591120305369088\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/IslamArmy01\/status\/412591120305369088<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zaBEGoaG7eA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Rebel Announcement of Completion of 1st Phase of East Ghouta Offensive<\/h4>\n<blockquote>\n<div>??? ?????? ???????? ?? ????? ??? ?????? ???? ?? ??? ?? ?????????? ??? ??????? ???? ??????? ???? ?????? ??????? ?? 20 ???? 1435 ??.<br \/>\n??? ??? ????? ????? ?????? ??? ??? ?????? ????? ???? ?????? ??????? ???????? ?????????? ??? ??? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ????? ????? ?? ?????? ??? ???????? ??? ?? ??? ?????? ????????? ?????? ???? ??????.<br \/>\n???? ??? ?????????: ??? ??????? &#8211; ??? ??????? &#8211; ??????? ???????? ?????? ????? &#8211; ???? ?????? &#8211; ????? ??? ?????? &#8211; ????? ??? ???? ???????? ?? ????? ?????? ?????????? ??? ??? ??????? ???? ?????? ??? ???????? ?? ??? ?????? ???? ???? ????? ???? ????? ????? ?????? ???????.<br \/>\n??? ??? ??? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ??????? ????????:<br \/>\n1. ????? ?????? ?? ??????? ???? ???? ??? ????? ???? ?? 40 ???? ??? ???? ?? ?????? ???????.<br \/>\n2. ??? ?? ?????? ????? ????? ?????? ??? ??? ?????? ???? ?????.<br \/>\n3. ??? ????? ??????? ???????? ?? ??? ???? ??? ???? ????? ????? ?????.<br \/>\n4. ?? ????? ?????? 23 ?????? ????? ?????.<br \/>\n5. ????? ????? ????? ????? ?? ??????? ??????? ??? ????? ???? ?? ???? ?? ???????? ???? ????? 204 ??? ????? ???? ?????? ?? ?????? ??????.<br \/>\n6. ?????? 44 ???? ????? 9 ??????? ?4 ?????? ???????? ??????? ???????? ???????? ????????.<br \/>\n??????: ???? ????? ??????? ?? ????? ???????? ?? ??? ????? ???? ???? ????? ?? ?? ??????? ????? ???????.<br \/>\n???? ????? ?? ???? ??? ????? ???? ??????? ????? ???? ?? ???? ??? ??? ?????? ??????? ??? ??? ??? ????? ????????.<br \/>\n??? ?? 12 ??? 1435 ?? ??????? 15 ????? ????? 2013 ?.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>Here is a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/syriancivilwar\/comments\/1t0bvt\/translation_please_announcement_1_for_the\/ce3561d?context=3\"> translation of the video provided by user \/r\/itsmajormalfunction<\/a> on the Reddit subgroup <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/syriancivilwar\/\">\/r\/syriancivilwar<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>0:00 In the name of God the most gracious, the most merciful. 0:04 The general leadership for the battle of &#8216;God is the highest and most honorable&#8217;.<\/div>\n<div>0:12 Quran quote.<\/div>\n<div>0:22 After the media silence on the battle for breaking through the siege that is part of the strategy of this battle that we have assumed Friday morning of the 20th of the holy month of the Lord the year 1435 of hijrah.<\/div>\n<div>0:43 The enemy has implemented a military action that he has carefully planned for. 0:49 Its goal is the siege\/blockade of Ghouta politically, militarily, and economically over the period of 8 months.<\/div>\n<div>0:59 The enemy did not have an effort or a weapon that it did not employ which included chemical weapons, which is forbidden by human rights.<\/div>\n<div>1:11 Because of that, the mujahidoon: Jund Al Malahim, Jaysh Al Islam, Al Ithad Al Islami Li Ajnad Al Sham, Faylaqo Al Rahman, Kateebati Noor Al Ghouta, and Kateebati Jund Al Haq decided to work with Saraya Al Ribat Al Electroni (1:33) to wage this battle that we have planned for by allying ourselves with some soldiers inside the enemy lines.<\/div>\n<div>1:41 With great precision, that stunned the regime and its supporters. 1:46 Here we stand at the results of the first phase in this continuous battle.<\/div>\n<div>(1:52)1-Liberate many towns that are stretched over an area of 40 Km (1)<\/div>\n<div>(2:43)2- Killing 800 of Assad forces &amp; allies 204 bodies of them in hand of rebels (which include leaders of different ethnicities).<\/div>\n<div>(2:13)3-Destroy the control HQs at one time which frightened the enemy<\/div>\n<div>(2:24)4-Destroy 23 armed veichle (2)<\/div>\n<div>(2:06)5-Destroy the first defense line of Assad forces &amp; al. in Ghouta that is stretched over 8KM<\/div>\n<div>(2:54)6-Seize 44 armed vehicles incl. 4 Tanks (3) And some other light weapons<\/div>\n<div>3:10 Finally, we assure the enemy and their supporters that the rebels no longer are monopolized and (3:19) that we will cut every hand that surrounds us and kills our children.<\/div>\n<div>3:26 Then some closing words and the date 12\/15\/13.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>The listing of groups is interesting:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Jund al Malahm ??? ???????\n<ul>\n<li>The Ghouta Joint operation room of Ahrah Al-Sham, Nusra, Habib Mostapha, Shabab AlHoda, Katibat Issa ibn Mariam. The room was created back in June. The guy making the battle video announcement appears <a href=\" http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d2q-6cq7m-Y\">in this video<\/a> announcing the creation of this room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jaysh al Islam ??? ???????<\/li>\n<li>The Islamic union of Sham soldiers ??????? ???????? ?????? ?????\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZjCk-sh5LW0\">Announced Nov 30<\/a>, the coalition included Shabab al Hoda, Habibi Mostapha, Amjad al Islam, Al Sahaba, Dirii al Asima<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>The overlap in the groups and the recent\u00a0announcement\u00a0of the coalition, Jund al-Malahm seems to refer to the union of Ahrar al-Sahm and Nusra in the Ghouta.<\/div>\n<div>No mention is made of the newly announced Islamic Front. In this major battle driving regime forces from a large part of the Ghouta Ahrar al-Sham, let by Hassan Aboud is identified with Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaida affiliate. Jaysh al-Islam, which is led by Zahran Alloush is identified independently of Ahrar. This suggests that the Islamic Front alliance announced in November has not taken root, at least not yet.<\/div>\n<h3>Videos from &#8220;Allah is the Most High and the owner of Majesty&#8221; Battle<\/h3>\n<div>Some cameramen refer to the battle as &#8220;The Battle to Break Rawafidis (Rejectors or Shiites) ????? ??? ???????. They repeatedly announce that the dead soldiers are &#8220;rawafid&#8221; and &#8220;mercenaries&#8221; despite their common appearance as Syrian Army soldiers<\/div>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Soldier executed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/95VpAW3WNAE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=54&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Piles of dead soldiers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DdfWTL_l6O8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jQQXppg1PiA&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be\">Intense Fighting fighting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vSH2kcCzilY&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Capture of a tank<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9yu9BHZRGhI\">Marching to battle\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P_j3OXCXUCE&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Piles of rotten bread thrown in a shabiha building, taken from checkpoints<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=en7xqDJ4V50&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Loot from a Rafida building occupied by Jaysh al-Islam and rebels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Byxf1MFvi-8\">SAA soldiers killed\u00a0after their car was targeted<\/a><\/li>\n<li>jinakom bil dabih ya Nusayriyeh (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w13ln3JKH5k\">We&#8217;re coming to slaughter you, O Nusayris<\/a>)\u00a0fighter shouts as they break into building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More videos are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/syriavideo.net\/city\/72\/al-Ghouta-al-Sharqiah\/\">Syria Video Eastern Ghouta page<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Events in Adra<\/h3>\n<div>The 3 groups listed above (Jabhat al-Islam instead of Jaysh al-Islam) also <a href=\"http:\/\/justpaste.it\/duh7\">issued a joint statement<\/a>, claiming responsibility for the capture of Adra. The statement says its part of an attempt to break the siege of the Ghouta and establish a food route for starving people of the Ghouta who the regime is blocking from reaching the Mills of Adra a few hundred meters distance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4>Russian TV on Adra<\/h4>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><object width=\"520\" height=\"293\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MYrc3xcaybY?hl=en_US&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The statement denies the massacres, which are now estimated to have killed over 90 pro-government civilians, and claims that Syrian Army forces backed by Hizbullah left the city when the mujahiddin attacked. The mujahidin then secured the city and tried to move the inhabitants to basements after the army started shelling the city. The groups say they welcome families to come and check on their loved ones but beware that the regime is killing anybody that goes towards it and blames on the mujahidin so its best for everybody to remain in their homes until we&#8217;ve been able to secure roads.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Notice the Jund al-Malahm logo next to the logo of Jabhat al-Islam. So Ahrar al-Sham is in two coalitions: Jund al-Malahm, which includes Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic Front which does not include Jabhat al-Nusra<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>Donation campaign claims responsibility for rocket attack on Qardaha<\/h3>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/twhid9\/status\/412662808313360385\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/twhid9\/status\/412662808313360385<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The &#8220;Do Jihad with your Money&#8221; campaign. This is a donation campaign that announces the targeting of &#8220;Bassel al-Assad&#8221; airport with 3 Grad rockets and Qardaha (the home town of the Assads) with 4 grad rockets. The operation was in cooperation with Katiba Suqour al-Izz and with Ahrar al-Sham. In retaliation for the Nabak massacres.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>Yet another Islamist coalition annoucement<\/h3>\n<div>Also worth noting is the formation of a new and large militia in teh Hama region &#8211; Liwaa al-Fatihin (Brigade of the Conquerors) &#8211; out of several smaller militias: Liwaa Jund al-Rahman, Liwaa Jund Allah, Liwaa ibn al-Khatab, Liwaa Ahrar Hilfaya, Kataeb Moawya, \u00a0Liwaa Sayf Allah<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Battle for East Ghouta, Rebels claim (unverified) 800 dead Syrian soldiers, but Islamic Front militias are not fighting under one banner. They remain divided into groups with Ahrar al-Sham fighting with Nusra under one banner. 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