MIDDLE EAST: NORTH AFRICA: SITUATION UPDATE AS OF 15 JULY 2012, <SANITIZED>

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
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• Case Number: F-2015-01087
• Publication Date: July 15, 2012

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Middle East-North Africa: Situation Update as of 15 July 2012
15 July 2012
Syria: The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed 115 people�
inc u. ing I civilians�were killed yesterday across Syria
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UN observers yesterday visited the village of Al Taraymsah
UN spokeswoman later said a wide range of weapons were used in
the attack on the village�including artillery, mortars, and small arms�and that specific groups
and houses, mainly of defectors and activists, were targeted. The spokeswoman said the UN
observers would return to the village today,
UN officials on Saturday reported that 800 refugees arrived in Lebanon in the past
at more than 30.000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon were receiving aid,
549 Syrians crossed into Turkey
yesterday.
The spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross yesterday said that
e internal armed conflict has spread beyond Horns, Hamah, and Idlib, a change from its
previous stance that the unrest was localized to those three areas
� ___________[Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday publicly called
the violence in Al Taravmsah an "attempted genocide" and a sign pointing to the end of
the Syrian,regime Similarly, Iraqi Prime Minister
Nun i al-Maliki condemned the violence in Al Taraymsah and urged a peaceful solution
to the crisis in Syria
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French President Francois Hollande yesterday said there was still time to
find a solution to the crisis in Syria and urged Russia to stop blocking UN Security
Council efforts
(U) This report was prepared by the CIA Middle East Task Force. Comments and aueries are welcome
and may be directed to the Task Force
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