United Nations S/2012/598

Security Council Distr.: General 9 November 2012

Original: English

Identical letters dated 2 August 2012 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council

Upon instructions from my Government, and following my letters dated 16 to 20 and 23 to 25 April, 7, 11, 14 to 16, 18, 21, 24, 29 and 31 May, 1, 4, 6, 7, 11, 19, 20, 25, 27 and 28 June, 2, 3, 9, 11, 13, 16, 17 and 24 July, and 1 and 2 August 2012, I have the honour to attach herewith a detailed list of violations of cessation of violence that were committed by armed groups in from Friday evening, 20 July 2012, until Saturday evening, 21 July 2012 (see annex). It would be highly appreciated if the present letter and its annex could be circulated as a document of the Security Council.

(Signed) Bashar Ja’afari Ambassador Permanent Representative

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S/2012/598 2 Annex to the identical le tters dated 2 August 2012 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addres sed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council

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From 2000 hours on Friday, 20 July 2012 to 2000 hours on Saturday, 21 July 2012

Location No. Time Composition of Operations carried out by terrorist group Outcome From To terrorists

(a) 1 2100 2400 Armed terrorist A Government factory in came – and Rif Dimashq groups under fire. 2 2130 2230 Armed terrorist Personnel guarding the door of the Two personnel were group agricultural college in Barzah came under wounded fire. 3 2200 2210 Armed terrorist Private Ali Yasin was abducted in the – group Hirista region. 4 2200 2400 Armed terrorist The October War Panorama came under – group armed attack.

5 2300 2400 Armed terrorist The North Korean embassy came under – group fire. 6 2400 0200 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel in the district Corporal Yazbek was groups of Tall Manin came under fire from killed and nine personnel were gunfire, rocket-propelled grenades wounded. A law enforcement (RPGs) and armour-piercing missiles. forces vehicle was destroyed and an armoured vehicle was damaged. 7 0100 0200 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel came under – group fire in the district of Jadidat ‘Atruz. 8 0200 0230 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel came under Lieutenant Ihab Makhlouf group fire near the turn-off. was killed. 9 0600 1200 Armed terrorist The law enforcement forces checkpoint at Staff Sergeant Asad al-Afr group the roundabout came under armed was killed and three attack. personnel were wounded. 10 0700 0702 Armed terrorist An explosive device was detonated beside Five personnel were group a law enforcement patrol in the district of wounded. Zabadani.

12-58005 11 0730 0745 Armed terrorist Brigadier Muhammad Ali was abducted – group from in front of his house in Ashrafiyah Sahnaya.

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12 0800 1600 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel came under Corporal Sufyan al-Hamidah groups fire in Qabun. was killed and 13 personnel were wounded. 13 0900 0930 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel came under Sergeant Maysam Irsaq was group fire in Zabadani. killed. 14 1000 1500 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel came under Sergeant Ali Uthman and groups fire in Dumayr. conscript Usamah Izz al-Din were killed and 25 personnel, including a lieutenant, were injured; seven personnel were reported missing. 15 1030 1045 Armed terrorist A Mercedes, license plate no. 394446, The vehicle was stolen and group was held up in Hirista. six personnel inside, including a major, were abducted. 16 1500 1600 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel inside Corporal Shadi Muhammad group Damascus International Airport came was killed and two personnel under fire. were wounded. 17 1600 1615 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel came under Colonel Muhsin Uthman was group fire in Rif Dimashq. killed. 18 1600 1615 Armed terrorist A vehicle, license plate no. 662392, was – group stolen from beside the General Federation of Peasants building. (b) Dar‘a and 19 1900 2400 Armed terrorist Law enforcement checkpoints came under – surrounding area groups fire in Hamidah al-Tahir, the railway station, Nu‘aymah, Nu‘aymah bridge, the end of Wahdah Street, the hospital, the automatic oven, Talhah ibn al-Zubayr Street and the camp entrance. 20 2200 2300 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel at the Natur – group post came under fire from bullets and RPGs. Explosive devices were planted on the road in Tafas.

21 2330 0100 Large armed The Burayqah law enforcement forces Lieutenant Muhammad S/2012/598 terrorist group post in Bi’r ‘Ajam came under attack Barakat, Chief Warrant from different types of weapons. Officer Ghassan Hassan, Sergeant Nuri al-Nadil, 3

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conscript Hamad Yousuf, conscript Husni Hamdi, Chief Warrant Officer Ayman Ibrahim and Chief Warrant Officer Mahmoud Akari were killed; one person was wounded. 22 0400 0410 Armed terrorist Citizen Awdah al-Shamhah was shot in The citizen was killed. group Busra al-Sham. 23 0400 0500 Armed terrorist The homes of citizens Ridwan al-Mutlaq An agricultural vehicle and a group and Khalid al-Saadi were broken into. minibus were stolen. 24 0730 0740 Armed terrorist Citizen Muhammad al-Awad was shot in The citizen was wounded. group Qunayah. 25 1330 1340 Armed terrorist Sergeant Majid al-Zamil was held up The sergeant suffered cuts group between the towns of ‘Aqraba and Harah and bruises. and severely beaten. 26 1445 1500 Armed terrorist A rations vehicle belonging to the law The vehicle was damaged.

group enforcement forces came under fire near the Mahajjah agricultural turn-off on the Sanamayn – Shaykh Miskin road. 27 1700 1715 Armed terrorist Citizens Malik al-Nayif, Rashid Citizens Malik al-Nayif, group al-Barghash and Khalid al-Mahdi were Rashid al-Barghash and shot in Inkhil. Khalid al-Mahdi were killed. 28 1715 1730 Armed terrorist In Da‘il, an RPG was fired at an Four personnel were group armoured vehicle belonging to the law wounded and the vehicle was enforcement forces. damaged. 29 1800 1900 Armed terrorist Police constables Muhammad al-Faouri – group and Ahmad al-Faouri and Brigadier Muhammad Abdulfattah were abducted in Shaykh Miskin. (c) Qunaytirah 30 2100 2300 Armed terrorist A military barracks in Jubbata al-Khashab Sergeant Amir al-Salih and group came under fire. Corporal al-Hamadi were killed and two personnel were wounded. 31 0200 0300 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel came under Three personnel were 12-58005 group fire in Khan al-Shaykh. wounded.

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(d) Suwayda’ 32 1100 1330 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel came under Three personnel were group fire in the village of Aslihah in Suwayda’. wounded. (e) and 33 1800 0430 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel in Qusur and Two personnel were surrounding area groups Qarabis came under fire from gunfire, wounded. RPGs and mortars. 34 2100 0600 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel in Karm Two personnel were groups Shamsham and Street came under wounded. fire from bullets, RPGs and mortars. 35 2120 0300 Armed terrorist Law enforcement checkpoints in the – groups district and in the villages of Idlin, Halat, ‘Uyun al-Shi‘ri and Tahunah came under fire from gunfire, RPGs and mortars to provide cover for the attempted infiltration of Syrian territory by armed groups from Lebanese territory. 36 0430 0600 Large armed Border guard personnel in Jusiyah came Four personnel were killed terrorist groups under attack from different types of and seven others wounded. weapons. An armoured vehicle belonging to the border guard forces was damaged. 37 1800 0600 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel in Jubb – groups al-Jandali, Bab al-Siba‘, Wadi al-Sayih, Sultaniyah, Rastan and Qusayr came under fire from bullets and RPGs. 38 1800 2100 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel near the Four personnel were groups Talbisah bridge came under fire from wounded. Four vehicles bullets, RPGs and mortars. were destroyed and two armoured vehicles belonging to the law enforcement forces damaged. 39 0600 0700 Armed terrorist The oil pipeline near the village of One person was wounded. group Hadath was attacked and pipeline guards were fired on. 40 1300 1600 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel in the village Five personnel were S/2012/598 groups of Umm Sharshuh, Talbisah, came under wounded, including a major. fire. 5

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41 1500 2000 1,000 armed The production cooperative near the Several personne l were killed terrorists village of Za‘faraniyah in Talbisah was and injured. broken into and captured. (f) and 42 0115 0130 One armed The law enforcement checkpoint near the – surrounding area terrorist prison roundabout came under fire. 43 0220 0222 Armed terrorist An explosive device was detonated – group between the Arba‘in roundabout and the Qusur district. 44 0300 0315 Armed terrorist A Peugeot ambulance belonging to the – group Suran national hospital was stolen. 45 0830 0845 Armed terrorist An overnight bus carrying military A worker, Ali Abdullatif group housing workers came under fire on the and the driver, Talal Hama – Salamiyah road. al-Mahmoud, were killed; two workers were wounded. 46 0930 1030 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel came under One person was wounded. group fire near the Sibahi roundabout. 47 1000 1100 Armed terrorist A law enforcement checkpoint in the One person was wounded.

group sub-district of Hamra’ came under fire. 48 1330 1335 Armed terrorist A citizen was murdered and his body The citizen was killed. group dumped behind the workers’ swimming pool in the Arba‘in district. 49 1600 1615 Armed terrorist Citizen Ala al-Din al-Hamawi was fired The outskirts of the farm group on at his farm beside the Salamiyah – east were burned and two vehicles Barri road. were damaged. 50 1915 1920 Armed terrorist Citizen Bassam Mahmoud was shot. The citizen was killed. group (g) and 51 2300 0900 Armed terrorist The district was surrounded and Eleven personnel were surrounding area groups law enforcement personnel there came reported missing and 15 under fire. automatic rifles were stolen. 52 2000 2400 Armed terrorist A number of guard posts in the ‘Afrin Furnishings, vehicles and groups district were att acked and captured. contents were stolen and the posts ransacked. 53 2000 2100 Armed terrorist In , the directorate of The directorate’s weapons, group operations and maintenance offices, vehicles and entire contents the consumer corporation and the

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54 2100 2200 Armed terrorist Rations vehicles belonging to the law Two personnel were killed group enforcement forces came under armed and one other wounded. attack in the village of Tall Qarah. 55 2200 0800 Armed terrorist A law enforcement complex in ‘Ayn Fourteen personnel were group ‘Arab was surrounded. abducted and 16 Russian- made rifles, with ammunition, were stolen. 56 2200 0700 Armed terrorist The law enforcement checkpoint in the Six personnel were killed. groups village of Biyanun was attacked. Four armoured vehicles belonging to the law enforcement forces were destroyed. 57 0215 0310 Armed terrorist The law enforcement checkpoint in the Six personnel were abducted group village of Biyanun came under attack and two vehicles were from different types of weapons. destroyed. Another armoured vehicle belonging to the law enforcement forces was seized. 58 0300 0600 Armed terrorist The Jandayris guard post was surrounded Five personnel were groups and the subdistrict’s [Ba‘th] party abducted. headquarters, the guard post and the Popular Credit Bank were broken into. 59 1000 2000 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel in the district Two personnel were killed group of Salah al-Din came under attack from and three others wounded. different types of weapons. 60 1030 1130 150 armed Roadblocks were set up in Wikalat Street Nine persons (civilians and terrorists in the Sukkari district and passers-by soldiers) were abducted. were checked in orde r to instil terror; some were abducted. 61 1200 1202 Armed terrorist An explosive device was detonated beside Nine personnel, including a group a law enforcement patrol passing through captain, were wounded; five the Shi‘ar district. citizens were wounded. 62 1400 1600 Armed terrorist The civilian police school in the town of Seven personnel, including a group Awram al-Sughra came under attack from captain, were wounded. S/2012/598 different types of weapons. 7

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63 1500 1700 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel in Dayr Hafir Captain Ghaydaq Salih, groups came under fire from gunfire and RPGs. Lieutenant Asim Ibrahim, Sergeant Wasim Maarouf, Sergeant Milad Nasir and conscript Muhammad Muhabiri were killed and a number of personnel were wounded, including a captain and a lieutenant. Four rifles were stolen and two vehicles belonging to the law enforcement forces were damaged. 64 1600 1630 Armed terrorist Three citizens were abducted, murdered The three citizens were group and their bodies dumped on the Ramusah killed. – airport highway, the Aleppo – Raqqah highway and near the Blalirmun roundabout. 65 1630 1730 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel in Kafr Four rifles were stolen. group Jannah, ‘Afrin, came under armed attack. 66 1700 1730 Armed terrorist Sergeant Maxim Abdulsalam was shot. The sergeant was killed. group (h) and 67 2100 2110 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel near the Four personnel were surrounding area group roundabout came under fire. wounded. 68 0100 0400 Armed terrorist Abu al-Duhur airport came under attack Corporal Riyad al-Abdullah groups from three directions with different types was killed and one person of weapons. wounded. 69 0400 0430 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel in the village Conscripts Muhammad group of Furaykah, Jisr al-Shughur came under al-Khalif and Amar Ibrahim fire. were abducted and their rifles stolen. 70 0800 0810 Armed terrorist An explosive device was detonated on the One person was wounded. group Juzif – Ablin road in Jabal al-Zawiyah. (i) Dayr al-Zawr 71 2000 2100 Armed terrorist A military barracks in Dayr al-Zawr came Conscript Ahmad Fakhro was group under fire. killed and two other 12-58005 personnel were wounded.

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72 2000 0100 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel in Dayr Corporal Ali Qasim was groups al-Zawr city came under fire. killed and 12 other personnel wounded. 73 2200 2400 Armed terrorist Law enforcement personnel in Dayr Conscripts Muhammad Berri, group al-Zawr city came under fire from gunfire Ahmad al-Ali, Muhammad and missiles. Asi, Hussayn Sulayman and Qutaybah Izzah were killed and 16 personnel wounded. 74 2300 2400 Armed terrorist The personnel of the Abu Sijlah guard – group in 20 post came under armed attack. vehicles 75 2400 0002 Armed terrorist An oil pipeline 7 kilometres from the The pumping of oil through group Ward field in the district was the pipe was halted. blown up. 76 0300 0400 Armed terrorist The border guard forces post in Kabt – group al-Shamali, Mayadin, came under armed attack. (j) Hasakah 77 1100 1130 Armed terrorist Five vehicles belonging to the Karatshuk – group station in Rumaylan, Hasakah, were stolen. (k) Ladhiqiyah 78 2100 2400 Armed terrorist The Rabi‘ah sub-district administrative – group building came under attack from different types of weapons.

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S/2012/598 10 Number of attacks and violations committed by armed terrorist groups from 20 July 2012 to 21 July 2012

1 2 3 4 5

Firing of weapons and Killed Wounded Abducted attacks against Explosive devices

Law Law Law Law enforcement enforcement enforcement enforcement Exploded in Civilians officers Civilians officers Civilians officers Civilians officers Exploded Defused manufacturing

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6 7

Attempted cross-border infiltration and smuggling of Unidentified weapons bodies discovered

Lebanon Iraq Jordan

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