MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA SITUATION UPDATE AS OF 08 OCTOBER 2012 <SANITIZED>

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06686860
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 28, 2018
• Case Number: F-2015-01087
• Publication Date: October 8, 2012

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Situation
Report as of 08 October 201
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08 October 2012
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A car bomb yesterday detonated near Syrian police headquarters in Damascus,
The explosion killed one officer and witnesses reported heavy gunfire,
Syria/Opposition: The Syrian National Council (SNC) as of yesterday said it will
convene in Doha later this month to select a new chairperson and members of the executive
board, and to create new committees n SNC executive
board member said new elections will be held only four months after SNC Chairman Abdulbasit
Seyda was elected because new political groups and dignitaries have recently joined the SNC,
and members want to increase SNC credibility.
(U) This report was prepared by the Office of Middle East and North Africa Analysis. Comments and
Queries are welcome and may be directed to the Chief, Middle East Task Force, MENA
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Syria/Iranian Hostages: the Free Syrian Army (FSA)
affiliated -Bara Brigade yesterday extended the deadline it set on Thursday for a "short period"
in response to a request from unspecified "Arab mediators" to allow time for negotiations to
proceed. The al-Bara Brigade had threatened to start killing the
hostages�who were abducted in Damascus on 4 August�unless the Syrian regime released
opposition detainees and stopped attacks against civilians.
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Iran is seeking regional assistance to resolve the situation. Foreign Minister
Salehi on Saturday urged his Qatari, Syrian, and Turkish counterparts to facilitate the
release of the hostages Qatari Prime Minister
Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim al-Thani in reference to the hostage situation on Sunday said
that Qatar does not accept the killing of prisoners
Syria/Qatar: Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim al-Thani
in reference to the Iranian hostage situation that Qatar does not
accept the killing of prisoners and the further escalation of the situation in Syria
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an Syrian forces traded mortar rounas across tneir borders Tor tne 'inn straignt aay. 6yrian
artillery shells landed in the southeastern Turkish border village of Akcakale, where five
civilians were killed last week in a strike that provoked a counter-attack from Turkey. One of the
artillery shells landed near a storage facility of the Turkish Office of Soil Products. No reports of
casualties at this time,
Turkish Ministry of Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) and
the Turkish Red Crescent yesterday began providing humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees
at a fifth assistance location next to the Syrian border, (b)(3)
AFAD said that the new assistance location, in Akcakale, was established to help meet the basic
needs of Syrian refugees.
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