http://news.linktv.org Link TV News Videos (Filtered by topics: Battle of Taftanaz) en-us Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700 Copyright 2011 Link Media, Inc. http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-090412?start=226 Chief of the International Red Cross, Peter Maurer, met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus to help facilitate aid delivery, reports BBC Arabic. Meanwhile, the day's death toll rose to 74, with most people killed in the countryside of Damascus. Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-090412 Israel, Syrian Civil War, Benjamin Netanyahu, Syria, Barack Obama, Human rights in Bahrain, Islam in the United States, African Union, 2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict, Amarnath Temple Presenter, Male #1 The Local Coordination Committees in Syria reported the death toll rose to 74 today with most people killed in the countryside of Damascus. In al-Rastan, a new group of officers announced their defection from the regime; they said they joined the Salaheddine brigade. Meanwhile, regime forces continued to shell several areas in Aleppo, Deir az-Zour, Taftanaz in Idlib, and the neighborhood of al-Khalidiya in Homs. Reporter, Male #1 The newest development in the military operations is that each side announced control over the other's military sites. Syrian media outlets confirmed that regime forces control large areas in the city of Aleppo, especially around Saif al-Dawla. The Syrian television broadcast live reports and interviews with soldiers from the area. Guest, Male #3 Since this morning, our brave forces were able to conduct a unique operation to cleanse the area, in the eastern section of Saif al-Dawla, and they were able to eliminate the gunmen in the section of al-Mall al-Sharqi and its surroundings. The forces were able to expel and kill them. Reporter, Male #2 In the neighborhood of Meyasar in Aleppo, the shelling resulted in the destruction of several buildings. Activists uploaded pictures online showing how the rubble is being lifted with basic equipment, in search of survivors. Reporter, Male #2 In Deir az-Zour, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that the armed opposition seized control of the military security department in the city, after violent clashes with the site's security and regime forces, which led to a number of deaths. The Local Coordination Committees spoke about heavy and violent artillery shelling on the neighborhoods of the city, at a rate of one bomb every two minutes. Smoke columns rose from different parts of the residential neighborhoods. Reporter, Male #2 In al-Hay al-Gharbi in Idlib, activists reported that opposition forces were able to control the checkpoint set up at the entrance of the neighborhood, and capture the soldiers that were manning it. Reporter, Male #2 In the neighborhood of al-Mazza in Damascus, activists noted heavy security deployment to the villas. As for Deir al-Asafeer in the countryside of Damascus, the Local Committees reported that the city was besieged from four directions, with tank and mortar shelling of homes and farms, amid a state of displacement, terror, and panic among the residents. Tank and mortar shelling also continued in the town of Zibdin. In Taftanaz, opposition forces continue to shell the military airport, which led helicopters to make emergency landings, according to activists who uploaded pictures of the airport and the landing. Reporter, Male #2 In Latakia, doctor Ramy Habib spoke about the critical conditions that are making it difficult for doctors to treat patients, who are dying due a lack of first aid material and the large-scale number of people going to the field clinics. Guest, Male #4 (Ramy Habib, Doctor) The equipment that we have at the field clinics are simple equipment that we use to save the patient, to stop hemorrhage, and to treat critical wounds. Reporter, Male #2 Activists also circulated pictures of explosive devices detonated with mechanisms from the Syrian army. In Homs, it was reported that the shelling is continuing over the neighborhoods of the city, predominantly in al-Qusair, al-Rastan, Baba Amr, and al-Khalidiya, and that the shelling reached 12 neighborhoods amid bad health and living conditions. The neighborhoods lack food and energy sources. In another part of Homs, Local Committees started to clean the streets of the city in Talbisa and neighboring areas, from the effects of the shelling, ruins, and destruction. Reporter, Male #2 Activists uploaded pictures of youth groups that took it upon themselves to fulfill these responsibilities to protect public health and safety, as demonstrations continued. Essam Abdallah, BBC. Presenter, Male #1 Chief of the International Red Cross, Peter Maurer, met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. His visit aims to facilitate the process of delivering aid to the Syrian areas affected by the military operations. The Syrian president said that he welcomes the work of the Red Cross in Syria, for as long as it operates in an unbiased way, according to the Official Syrian News Agency, SANA. http://news.linktv.org/videos/hrw-syrian-regime-committed-war-crimes-while-negotiating-peace-deal?start=0 Campaign group Human Rights Watch has accused the Syrian government of committing war crimes in the region of Idlib even as it was negotiating details of a UN-brokered peace deal in late March and early April. Thu, 03 May 2012 12:34:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/hrw-syrian-regime-committed-war-crimes-while-negotiating-peace-deal Syria, Battle of Taftanaz, Syrian Civil War, Human Rights Watch, Summary execution, Idlib Governorate, Human rights in Syria, War Crime, Syrian army, Civilian casualties Campaign group Human Rights Watch has accused the Syrian government of committing war crimes even as it was negotiating details of a UN-brokered peace deal. The organization says government forces killed at least 95 civilians and destroyed hundreds of houses during a two-week offensive in the northern region of Idlib in late March and early April. In this video, an HRW researcher visits one of the towns said to be hit hardest by the violence, Taftanaz, and details evidence found there of summary executions carried out on civilians. "While diplomats argued over details of Annan's peace plan, Syrian tanks and helicopters attacked one town in Idlib after another," said Anna Neistat, associate director for program and emergencies at Human Rights Watch. "Everywhere we went, we saw burnt and destroyed houses, shops, and cars, and heard from people whose relatives were killed. It was as if the Syrian government forces used every minute before the ceasefire to cause harm." http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-may-3-2012?start=123 Egypt's military rulers face growing unrest as 11 are killed in pre-election clashes. Rupert Murdoch faces an "unprecedented firestorm" after a British parliamentary report said he was "not a fit person" to run a major international media company. FCC orders US media companies to disclose rates for political ads in billion-dollar TV campaigns. And Robert McChesney, co-founder of Free Press, says the Murdoch hacking scandal represents a "moment of truth" for US media. Plus headlines, and more.<br /> Thu, 03 May 2012 10:54:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-may-3-2012 Leveson Inquiry, News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, News of the World phone hacking affair, United States, FCC, News of the World, Egypt, Ministry of Defense (Egypt), Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Syrian forces have stormed a university in the town of Aleppo, killing at least four students and arresting dozens of others. The raid came shortly after the students held an anti-government protest. It’s the latest reported attack by government forces as the regime of Syrian President Basher al-Assad holds talks for a U.N.-brokered ceasefire. Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, is accusing the Syrian government of conducting a wave of killings just as it began negotiating with U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan on the terms of a truce over a month ago. In a new report, HRW says it documented the slayings of at least 95 people and the burning or destruction of hundreds of homes in the northern province of Idlib. Field researcher Ole Solvang said many of the victims were executed in their homes. Ole Solvang: "Government forces surrounded [Taftanaz] and started shelling it with tank fire. They then moved into the city, burned and destroyed several hundred houses. In addition they committed numerous extrajudicial executions. In one of the places we visited we found 11 dead bodies. We were able to see marks from bullets on the walls where the people had been lined up and executed."