Fighting in parts of Syria has morphed into local guerrilla wars, the Red Cross said Tuesday, where the number of prisoners remains unknown and 1.5 million people need help getting food, water, shelter, power and sanitation.  

Fighting in the central city of Homs, where U.N. observers helped halt weeks of artillery attacks, and in the northern Syrian town of Idlib are now non-international armed conflicts, said Jakob Kellenberger, president of International Committee of the Red Cross.  

“The type of the violence has changed a little bit,” Kellenberger told a news conference at ICRC headquarters in Geneva.

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***GRAPHIC*** A LITTLE BOY IS SEVERELY WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL FROM A SHELL FIRED INTO HIS HOME. Homs (Khalidiyeh): Apr 10, 2012 - On the day the world threatened Assad to abide by a ceasefire, Assad’s forces killed more than 50 men, women and children. His forces did not pull out of any cities, nor did they stop their brutal oppression. The world just sat back and watched as Assad made a fool of them once again …

What on earth could this little boy have done to deserve such a horrific injury? He can’t even get proper medical treatment because 1) He is a Homsi 2) He was injured by Assad’s forces, so he’s forbidden to seek treatment at any public or private hospital and 3) Doctors are forbidden to treat him.

Luck for him volunteer doctors are there to offer what help they can and the sparse medical treatment he is receiving comes from donations from people around the world. Those are the only two reasons that he might live thought this physically. Mentally he will be scarred for life.

Thanks @ArwaMenla

You can help, please donate to one of the following:

Avaaz.org - Int’l organization smuggling medical aid into Syria

Humanitarian Relief For Syria - Supports needy families and orphans as well as distributing aid in Syria

Syrian Orphans - A collection of Non-Profit Org’s supporting orphans in Syria

***TRAGIC & HEARTBREAKING*** THE CHILDREN MARTYRS OF SYRIA TAKING THEIR LAST BREATHS - COMPILATION VIDEO. 

This is not easy to watch …

Thanks @edwardedark

WHAT KIND OF LIFE IS THIS WHEN YOU MUST RISK YOUR LIFE FOR CROSSING A STREET. Homs: Apr 9, 2012 - The video speaks for itself. A car (taxi) is used to cross the street. It crashes and as the occupants try to get out, one is shot in the side. 

Nearby a few men and a boy then attempt to reclaim the car and eventually do.

Thanks @markito0171

***GRAPHIC*** AN ENTIRE FAMILY IS EXECUTED IN THEIR HOME AND THEIR BODIES SET ON FIRE BY ASSAD’S FORCES. Aleppo (Tel Rifaat): Apr 9, 2012 - This is the family of Abduallah Al Sakran. Assad’s forces burst into their home and executed them, then burned them - dead or dying.

In a town that is only 30km from Syria’s largest city, Assad’s forces murdered 40 people in one day by brutally shelling and attacking the town.

Thanks @Mou2amara

THE NON-STOP SHELLING OF HOMS CONTINUES UNABATED AND UNINTERUPPTED. THE CITY IS BEING ERASED. Homs (Jouret Al-Shayyah) Apr 9, 2012 - There is nothing more to add … this post feels like a broken record, everyday Assad’s forces flatten more and more of the city.

More intense anti-aircraft fire and shelling here. It appears they want to destroy every building, occupied or not.

Thanks @ArabSpringFF

WHAT COULD THIS LITTLE GIRL HAVE DONE THAT WAS SO BAD? THAT WARRANTED AN ATTACK BY A HELICOPTER GUNSHIP? Hama (Kafr Zeita): Apr 9, 2012 - She was severely injured when Assad’s Russian made and supplied gunships opened fire on her home.

Assad’s forces are using helicopters against little girls now.

Thanks @arwamenla

ANOTHER MASSACRE IN HAMA. THIRTEEN PEOPLE ALL FROM THE SAME FAMILY KILLED HOURS BEFORE ASSAD’S SO-CALLED “CEASEFIRE”. Hama (Al-Latamneh) Apr 9, 2012 - The names and ages of the dead from the shelling on this small town - never forget.

1. Nizar Saeed Saleh - 70
2. Khitam Al Saleh - 65
3. Ahmed Jamil Al Saleh - 75
4. Mohamed Yasser Al Saleh - 6
5. Rihaf Yasser Al Saleh - 3
6. Tahani Ghazi Al Saleh - 8
7. Mareh Abdul-Nasser Al Saleh - 10
8. Bayan Abdul-Nassser Al Saleh - 12
9. Jamil Abdul-Nasser Al Saleh - 3
10. Amal Abdul-Kareem Al Saleh - 12
11. Yasser Nizal Al Saleh
12. Abdul-Bari Nizal Al Saleh
13. Abdul-Majeed Nizal Al Saleh

Here are 10 members of the family being prepared for their funeral.

The dead, dying and injured are brought to the hospital.

Some of the injured children in the hospital

Thanks @ArabSpringFF @Mou2amara

A MOTHER AND CHILD - BOTH KILLED TOGETHER WHEN A SHELL LANDED IN THEIR HOME. SHE CANT EVEN PROTECT HER OWN SON. Homs (Houleh): Apr 5, 2012 - In Syria, Assad’s has taken the fundamental right of every parent away from them - to protect their own children.

The woman is the daughter of Kamal Ismail, she was killed along with her son when Assad’s forces shelled their town. 

Thanks @fargar

ACTIVIST OMAR TELLAWY TAKES US ON A TOUR OF BAB HOUD IN HOMS (ENGLISH SUBS) Apr 7, 2012 - The video speaks for itself …

Thanks @Mou2amara

CORPSES HAVE BEEN LYING ONT HE STREET FOR AS LONG AS TWO WEEKS NOW. Homs (Bab Houd): Apr 6, 2012 - People are unable to retrieve them from the streets. Assad’s snipers will not allow it. They want the bodies to remain in the street for all to see. And if you cannot see the bodies, you will certainly be able to smell them.

They do this to spread fear and terror into the hearts of Syrians. However, as we have seen, it has the exact opposite effect. 

Imagine the misery the family of these men are going through? Knowing their loved ones still have no peace, even in death. Assad will not even let the dead fall with dignity.

Thanks @Mou2amara

***EXTREMELY GRAPHIC *** LEAKED VIDEO *** ASSAD’S FORCES CELEBRATE THE SLAUGHTER OF TWO MEN BY STOMPING ON THEM AND POSING FOR PICTURES. Daraa (Dael) - Date Unknown: Another horrific video is released by Assad’s men. They have no fear of being recognized - this is Assad’s country and they may do as they please.

In fact, they make every effort to get a “trophy” photo with their macabre “prize” - dead Syrian men they just slaughtered. They hurl insults at the dead bodies saying things such as “F**k your sister!” and “Film this film this!”.

They hold up one man saying “Here is the beast! You see his brains! You see them!” while a mercenary poses with him.

This is the fate of so many Syrians at the hands of forces so evil, words cannot describe.

Thanks @AnonymousSyria

REPORT ON THE DESTRUCTION OF THE HISTORIC CITY OF QALA’T AL MADIQ IN HAMA.  (ENGLISH SUBS)Hama (Madiq Castle): Apr 7, 2012 - This is one of the only cities in the world where it’s inhabitants still live within the grounds of an ancient castle built well before the year 600 AD. 

This reporter takes us throgh the town to show us the destruction brought on by Assad’s forces.

Various videos of the shelling over the past few weeks 

• Assad’s forces bomb the Citadel on March 26, 2012
• Unbelievable destruction of the Citadel on March 24, 2012 
• More shelling on March 15, 2012 
• From Jan 30, 2012 

Thanks @Mou2amara

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER ASSAD’S FORCES SHELL A NEIGHBORHOOD - LOCAL CLINICS FILL UP WITH THE DEAD, DYING AND INJURED. Apr 7, 2012 - What else is there to add?

Thanks @Mou2amara

You can help, please donate to one of the following:

Avaaz.org - Int’l organization smuggling medical aid into Syria

Humanitarian Relief For Syria - Supports needy families and orphans as well as distributing aid in Syria

Syrian Orphans - A collection of Non-Profit Org’s supporting orphans in Syria