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The massacre took place when rebel factions were preparing to enter the capital, Damascus, and start the battle to overthrow the regime. [8] At that time, the Syrian regime forces controlled two-thirds of the Al-Tadamon neighborhood, while the opposition controlled the rest of the neighborhood.
Syrian riot police in Damascus (2012). The Riot police (Arabic: شرطة مكافحة الشغب) [54] is part of the Criminal Security Directorate. [43] The Riot police core missions are to provide tactical security, crowd control and riot control for demonstrations. [55] In Damascus, the Riot police is also used in order to protect diplomatic ...
Persons performing riot control typically wear protective equipment such as riot helmets, face visors, body armor (vests, neck protectors, knee pads, etc.), gas masks and riot shields. Even though riot tactics are effective in controlling crowds, they can also lead to significant psychological effects on both the rioters and the police.
On 6 January 2012, a bomb exploded in the Al-Midan district of Damascus, Syria. According to the Syrian government, a suicide bomber attacked buses carrying riot police shortly before an anti-government protest was to begin. It said that 26 people were killed and over 60 were injured.
the rector of Damascus University, Muhammad al-Fadl, killed in February 1977; the commander of the missile corps, Brigadier 'Abd al Hamid Ruzzug, killed in June 1977; the doyen of Syrian dentists, Ibrahim Na'ama, killed in March 1978; the director of police affairs at the Ministry of the Interior, Colonel Ahmad Khalil, killed in August 1978
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The Rif Dimashq clashes were a series of unrests and armed clashes in and around Damascus, the capital of Syria, from November 2011 until a stalemate in March 2012.The violence was part of the wider early insurgency phase of the Syrian civil war.
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