Assad’s Forces Bombard Karm el-Shami, Homs with Rockets

Press Statement

Syrian Coalition

Istanbul, Turkey

November 22, 2013

The Syrian Coalition calls on countries of the “free world” to take serious action to prevent Assad from continuing to violate international law, unchallenged. The international community has stood by while Assad’s death machine, supported by Iranian and Iraqi mercenaries, is claiming the lives of thousands of innocent civilians in Syria.

Rockets fired by Assad’s forces rained down on Karm al-Shami neighborhood in Homs, on Thursday, November 21. Karm al-Shami has become a safe haven for civilians fleeing the violence and destruction in Homs. No fighting groups are present in the area, which merely houses thousands of civilians. Nearly 24 people were killed and around 70 were injured as a result of the rocket bombardments; most of the injured sustained serious wounds.

The regime’s policy of brutal indiscriminate reprisals is meant to put pressure on the social base of the revolution. It has become clear that the regime will not willingly accept any political solution in Syria, which makes it necessary for the international community to force Assad, through a UN Security Council resolution, to commit to a political solution that will end the bloodshed in Syria and meet the demands of the Syrian people for freedom and democracy.

We ask for Mercy for our martyrs, health for our wounded, and freedom for our detainees.

Long live Syria and its people, free and with honor.