Syrian Army and the tanks attacked the town of Daraa, nest rebel opponents of Bashar Assad's government. Attacking at early morning, Monday, April 25, 2011, troops rained gunfire on the residents with the attack carefully planned.
News of new attacks may be obtained by the Associated Press on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, from eyewitness reports because the media is not allowed to enter the city. According to eyewitness reports that do not want to be named, the attack killed at least 11 people and 14 others were seen lying on the road, either dead or wounded.
According to eyewitnesses, the victim can not be moved from the middle of the street because ambulances could not enter the site because ambushed soldiers. He described the terrible situation with the army fired on all that moves.
"The ambulance was not able to help those wounded by snipers and soldiers descended on the town. They are shooting at everything that moves," said one eyewitness in Daraa via telephone.
Witnesses said that there are 4000 to 5000 troops assisted by dozens of tanks pushed into Daraa at 4 am local time. When entering the city, they immediately opened fire on citizens without picky. Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers also broke into the house and attacked the sleeping residents.
"They entered the house. They look at the houses. They carry knives and guns," said another eyewitness.
The soldiers were also reported to have mastered the mosques and public cemetery.
Human rights activists in Damascus, Razan Zeitounia, strongly condemns these attacks. He said that this is another strategy Assad regime to terrorize the demonstrators and gave an example to our opponents all over the country.
Razan Zeitounia said that the attack once it has been planned carefully. In the early morning, before people wake up, electricity, water and telephone networks have been switched off. Security troops armed with rifles and knives began to invade into houses in the neighborhood into several combat zones. Army has even set up checkpoints at several places in Daraa in a short time.
The city has a population of 300,000 people located in southern Syria is where anti-Assad demonstrations began. The regime which has ruled for more than four decades was considered citizens should be torn down.
Earlier, the Syrian army also attacked several cities that killed at least 120 people. This incident created criticism from some countries like America and Britain, which assess the Assad regime is not serious to fix the country's security.