*Graphic footage:* * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c84523hxQRo* * * * *
* Graphic footage has been posted of bodies in the Abdel Qader Husseini Mosque <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c84523hxQRo> in the Yarmouk refugee camp in south Damascus, allegedly hit by a regime missile amid almost two weeks of fighting in the area.* The Local Coordination Committees claim 101 people have been killed<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2311318&l=dd43f6d586&id=217848338242310> today, including 32 in Damascus and its suburbs --- 15 in the Yarmouk camp --- and 31 in Hama Province, with 25 of the deaths in Halfaya. 1100 GMT: Activists and Palestinian sources claim that Ahmed Jibril, veteran leader of a Damascus-based Palestinian faction that backs President Bashar al-Assad, has left the Yarmouk district<http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/palestinian-faction-leader-jibril-leaves-damascus--rebels?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter> of the capital after 12 days of fighting. The sources said Jibril, head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC), departed the Yarmouk camp with his son for the Mediterranean city of Tartous, a stronghold of the regime. Insurgents and the Palestinian brigade Liwa al-Asifah have been gaining ground in Yarmouk, home to thousands of Palestinian refugees. Activists claims there have been many "qualitative defections" from teh PFLP-GC Syrian state television quoted a PFLP-GC source denying reports that the insurgents had taken over Yarmouk, but gave no further details. http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2012/12/16/syria-live-coverage-insurgents-claim-another-victory-near-al.html Syrian jets attack Palestinian camp Published Sunday, December 16, 2012 *Updated: 4:14pm:* Syrian warplanes launched at least two airstrikes on a Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus killing a number of people Sunday, an opposition group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said eight people were killed in an unprecedented airstrike on the Yarmouk refugee camp which has been the scene of intense fighting over the past several weeks between rebels and a pro-government Palestinian group. Reuters, citing “opposition activists” put the death toll at 25. *Al-Akhbar* cannot independently verify the number of those killed. Casualty figures from the Syrian conflict are often inconsistent, especially in the immediate aftermath of a tragedy. On Saturday Ahmed Jibril, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command which backs the government, fled the camp with his son after weeks of battling rebels. *(Al-Akhbar)* *----------------------* Syria Video Feature: Planning For the Endgame? --- Scott Lucas on Al Jazeera English's "Inside Syria"<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2012/12/16/syria-video-feature-planning-for-the-endgame-scott-lucas-on.html> inShare Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 14:51 | Scott Lucas<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/author/scott-lucas> in EA Middle East and Turkey<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/category/ea-middle-east-and-turkey> , Middle East and Iran<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/category/middle-east-and-iran> I appeared on Al Jazeera English's Inside Syria yesterday to discuss latest developments around the question, "Is this the endgame for President Assad?" The other panellists were Ammar Waqqaf of the pro-regime Syrian Social Club and Pavel Felgenhauer, a political analyst and columnist for Russia's Novaya Gazeta. This was a spiky discussion at times, with differences over the level of the threat to President Assad, the situation of the opposition, and Russia's assessment of whether it should now distance itself from the Syrian regime. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d1QxjVPdGp4 * * * * [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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