Forty reported dead in Syria; UN mission to issue report

2012-06-18

Syrian forces continued their assault on Homs Monday (June 18th) as at least 40 people were killed nationwide, AFP reported.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the new casualty figures come after 67 people were killed on Sunday.

Shelling also continued in several areas of Damascus province, including Douma, where six people, including two children, were killed, the Observatory said.

"Regime forces have destroyed homes, farms and many mosques," activist Mohammad Doumani told AFP.

Two young sisters were killed during a pre-dawn shell barrage in Qalaa al-Madiq, Hama province, the Observatory said, adding that another civilian was shot dead at a regime checkpoint.

Ten government troops were also killed in overnight clashes, the human rights group said.

The United Nations will examine its next steps after its monitoring mission suspended operations on Saturday, claiming the intensifying violence had threatened the 300-member team.

According to the French foreign ministry, Major General Robert Mood, the leader of the mission, will brief council members on Tuesday.

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2012-6-19

You, Lord of Lords, the One who controls clouds and who has bequeathed us Your Book, the One who is able to do everything, who does not lose sight of anything, You are the Clement, the Forgiver, Owner of the holy Throne, You can achieve whatever you want. Faces fear your greatness, O Allah, we ask you as the One who controls every human being to make people witness the great day. You are the one who enacted laws and sent Messengers. There is no God but you, the Everlasting One, the Eternal. We ask You to honor the martyrs and forgive the sinners of our nation, heal our patients, forgive our martyrs, and have mercy on Muhammad's nation. We ask you God to take revenge on those who have killed the powerless people from Muslims or those who have conspired against them or even helped others to harm them even through a word, or accepted their killing. We ask you God to take revenge on them all and kill them in the same manner Aad and Aram were killed. May God displace those who want to play havoc with the country and befall on them your wrath. May God make them a lesson for others so that they will not become oppressors. We ask you God to have mercy on civilians whom we consider as martyrs. We ask you to forgive them, have mercy on them and make Heavens their abode. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, may God bless the Master of all humankind, Amen.