The police opened fire on Tuesday April 12 at Baida, a village near the city of Banias in northwestern Syria, surrounded by the army for three days and completely cut off from the Outside, after deadly clashes over the weekend. "There is a rain of gunfire, at least two people were injured," he told one witness.
"The security forces entered the village and conduct searches in houses," he added. An activist of Human Rights added that all young men Baïda were extracted forcibly homes before being arrested. "The aim of the attack is probably the arrest of Anas Al-Chouhri", one of the leaders of the protest movement, said an activist of human rights.
A man from Banias in regular contact with residents of Baida, reports that mobile phone networks were cut in the city, a tactic often used by Syrian security forces before conducting an operation in an urban area. A Facebook page called to protest Tuesday in Syria for a day of "loyalty to the martyrs, the wounded and prisoners." "The police and army continue to besiege Banias and we do not know what they are preparing us.
There is a shortage of bread in the city, electricity is cut off and most of the time lines phone are too, "said Anas Al-Chouhri. Abdelbasset, an electrician, said that "the army was redeployed to the outskirts of town and security forces and shabbihas [agents of the regime] have made numerous arrests.
The city is dead, the shops are closed. " Sheikh Mohammed mosque preacher, said that "many families have evacuated women and children" to the suburbs. The French Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged its nationals to avoid "some peripheral areas of Damascus" and "given the regional context and certain events of recent weeks in the country, to avoid (...) to visit the cities of Deera, Homs, Banias Latakia.
London also advised British nationals against all travel "nonessential" to Syria. 
"The security forces entered the village and conduct searches in houses," he added. An activist of Human Rights added that all young men Baïda were extracted forcibly homes before being arrested. "The aim of the attack is probably the arrest of Anas Al-Chouhri", one of the leaders of the protest movement, said an activist of human rights.
A man from Banias in regular contact with residents of Baida, reports that mobile phone networks were cut in the city, a tactic often used by Syrian security forces before conducting an operation in an urban area. A Facebook page called to protest Tuesday in Syria for a day of "loyalty to the martyrs, the wounded and prisoners." "The police and army continue to besiege Banias and we do not know what they are preparing us.
There is a shortage of bread in the city, electricity is cut off and most of the time lines phone are too, "said Anas Al-Chouhri. Abdelbasset, an electrician, said that "the army was redeployed to the outskirts of town and security forces and shabbihas [agents of the regime] have made numerous arrests.
The city is dead, the shops are closed. " Sheikh Mohammed mosque preacher, said that "many families have evacuated women and children" to the suburbs. The French Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged its nationals to avoid "some peripheral areas of Damascus" and "given the regional context and certain events of recent weeks in the country, to avoid (...) to visit the cities of Deera, Homs, Banias Latakia.
London also advised British nationals against all travel "nonessential" to Syria.
- Calls over the loudspeakers in the Banias of doctors and nurses to go to the hospital, the city (10/04/2011)
- Syria says army unit ambushed in Banias, one killed (10/04/2011)
- Deadly shooting in #Syria's Banias: witnesses (11/04/2011)
- Syrian army keeps stranglehold on Banias - AFP (12/04/2011)
- Syrian Army Enters Banias After Protesters Killed - Voice of America (11/04/2011)
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