June 1st, 2012

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The Daily Monitoring Report

Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to officially announce failure of his six-point peace plan.(1)(3)(6) - Brigadier General Mustafa Sheikh, head of the Free Syrian Army (FSA)'s military council, says that difference between statements made by leadership of the military council and those made by the FSA commanders is due to difference in vision and organization between him and the FSA Commander

Statistics

May 21st death toll: 45

The Field Situation

- A wave of strikes were staged in most of Damascus's areas by 50% in Hamidiya, 65% in Zuqaq AlJinn, 80% in Halbouni's Al-Maktabat market, 60% in Al-Qanawat district's market, 70% in Khalid Bin Al Waleed St. market and by 70% in Bab Srijah. Security forces fail to end the strike through breaking into the shops.(1)(2) - The Revolutionary Command Council in Damascus announced that some 16 demonstrations were staged in various neighborhoods of Damascus.(2) - The Idlib rural town of Salqin witnessed clashes between the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and AlAssad's troops during which the FSA managed to seize heavy military vehicles.(1)

Colonel Riyadh Al-Assad, who thinks that the rug had been pulled from under his feet, as he put it.(1)

Activities of Civil Organizations

- Wasim Tarif, a Beirut-based activist and researcher with Avaaz organization, confirms exchanged violence and kidnapping operations between religious groups in Homs due to the presence of Shabia (pro-Syrian regime militia) in the city, which caused sectarian tension, to quote his words.
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- Emile Hokayem, Senior Fellow for Regional Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, points out that the Assad regime's inability to control some rural areas urged it to send Shabiha to those areas as instead of the regular Army, expecting that the Shabiah will commit more operations in the country.(1)

Internal Situation
- Al-Jazeera satellite channel quoted Syrian opposition group in Alepp as saying that the release of the Lebanese the abductees, who are in good health, would only be possible after Hezbollah's chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah apologizes for his latest speech.(1)(2)(4) - The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) alleged that the Syrian regime set free 500 detainees, who were not involved in the bloodshed in Syria.(1)(3)(6)

Political Stances Syria

Political Mobility
- In a statement, the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) demands that the number of the UN observer be increased to 3,000, for whom fixed points should be established in the hot spots, which witness continuous bombardment by the Assad forces. The SNC also demanded that criminal investigators should join the UN observers. (2) - Colonel Riyadh Al-Assad, commander of the FSA, rejected the deadline, which ends this afternoon, given by the FSA military council to the Syrian regime to stop violence, calling on the UN- Jihad Makdisi, the Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman, alleges that the Syrian regime was the first to call for sending the UN observer mission to Houla massacre place, saying that Kofi Annan has been turned into a "herald of civil war", as he put it.
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Political Stances Arab
- Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, calls on China to pressurize the Assad regime into being committed to the UN-Arabi envoy Kofi Annan's plan, adding that stopping violence is urgent demand.(1)(3)(4) - Tunisian President Moncef Al-Marzouki believes that China can play a decisive role to end the suffering of the Syrian people and prevent foreign military intervention, calling on China to push for a solution la Yemeni.(1)(3)(4) - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman called on "the Syrian authorities" to release the abducted Lebanese, saying that repetition of such abduction incidents is "worrisome and unacceptable".(1) - A source with the Lebanese Army says that the Lebanese authorities are contacting the Syrian side to find out the fate of the abducted Lebanese from Wadi Khaled and the citizen who was kidnapped from Ersal.
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- Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, warns of civil war in Syria, saying that situation is on the brink of disaster.(1)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) - European diplomatic sources point out to conflict of the interests of European countries towards the Syrian crisis, citing failure to reach unified decision on the expulsion of the Syrian ambassadors, adding unity is necessary to coordinate with Russia.(1)

Sources:
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Asharq Al-Awsat AlJazeera net Reuters AFP AP Guardian Telegraph

International
- The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Russia's opposition to a UN move towards Syria, warning that such Russian policy might lead a civil war. (1)(2)
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- The US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice pointed out to the possibility of an action by the UN member states away from the United Nations if the Security Council did not take quick actions to put pressure on the Assad regime to end its campaign against the opposition, describing the regime's statements on the Houla massacre as "another blatant lie."(1)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) - The British Prime Minister David Cameron convened a meeting of the National Security Council to discuss the situation in Syria amid reports about considering further sanctions against the Assad regime.(7) - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of the NATO, says the NATO has no military role in Syria. (1)

- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi says that Chain is committed to maintaining peace and stability in the Middle East, as well as maintaining friendship and cooperation relations with Arab countries as a political base for China's foreign policy.(1)(3)(4) - Vitaly Churkin, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, reiterates his country's opposition to a Security Council decision on Syria, saying "The weapons we may have provided to Syria under various contracts, which were concluded a long time ago, are fully in line with international law and do not contribute to the current armed violence in Syria."(1)

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