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Pemberontak di Kampung Kristian? 'Mereka tahu Amerika Syarikat tidak akan
mengebom tapak UNESCO’. Tentera kerajaan Syria sedang menjalankan operasi
terhadap pejuang pemberontak gabungan Al ‘Qaeda, yang telah mengepung kampung
purba Kristian Maaloula. Tentera berkata pelampau telah mengambil kedudukan
yang strategik di atas bukit berdekatan - dan masih terdapat pasukan pemberontak
dalam kampung. laporan Maria Finoshina dari pinggir Maaloula.
Christian
village rebels' safe haven? 'They know US won't bomb UNESCO site'. Syria
government forces are conducting an operation against AL-Qaeda-affiliated rebel
fighters, who have besieged the ancient Christian village of Maaloula. The army
says the extremists have taken strategic positions on nearby hills - and there
are still rebel forces inside the village. Maria Finoshina reports from the
outskirts of Maaloula.
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Kampung
Kristian Syria dalam Kebakaran Salib sebagai kuasa Kerajaan cuba untuk memerah
pemberontak Al ‘Nusra . . .
MADAyuMadyan - Pertempuran sengit antara pemberontak dan tentera rejim terus di
kampung sebagian besar Kristian Syria Maaloula, yang sebelum ini sebahagiannya
dimusnahkan oleh pemberontak bergabung Al ‘Qaeda.
“Terdapat
pertempuran hanya di dalam bandar di daerah barat antara Jawatankuasa Popular
(militia) dan pasukan pemberontak,” pengarah Balai Cerap Syria bagi Hak Asasi
Manusia, Rami Abdul Rahman, memberitahu AFP.
“Terdapat
juga pertempuran antara tentera yang disokong oleh militia dan pejuang
pemberontak di sekitar kawasan salah satu daripada pintu masuk ke Maaloula,”
katanya.
Televisyen
negeri memetik sumber tentera melaporkan beberapa pemberontak telah dibunuh dan
senjata mereka dimusnahkan sebagai tentera mensasarkan hotel dan kedudukan
sekitar di pinggir Maaloula, utara Damsyik, di mana sekumpulan pemberontak
ditempatkan.
Maaloula
- sebuah kampung gunung 2,000 penduduk, 60km timur laut Damsyik - adalah rumah
kepada beberapa peninggalan yang paling kuno Kristian Ortodoks dan merupakan
destinasi suci utama. Ia juga salah satu daripada beberapa tempat di DUNIA di
mana orang ramai masih bercakap Aramaic, dipercayai bahasa alkitabiah yang telah
digunakan era Nabi Allah Isa Alayhis Sallam.
Seorang
krew berita RT pergi ke laman, tetapi tidak dibenarkan masuk ke bandar untuk
tujuan keselamatan.
Syrian
Christian village in crossfire as govt forces try
to squeeze out Al Nusra
rebels . . .
Heavy fighting between rebels and regime forces continues in Syria’s
predominately Christian village of Maaloula, which was earlier partially
destroyed by Al-Qaeda affiliated rebels.
"There
are clashes just inside the town in the western district between Popular Committees
(militia) and rebel forces," director of the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights, Rami Abdul Rahman, told AFP.
"There
are also clashes between soldiers backed by militias and rebel fighters around
the area of one of the entrances to Maaloula," he said.
State
television citing a military source reports several rebels have been killed and
their weapons destroyed as the army targeted a hotel and surrounding positions
on the outskirts of Maaloula, north of Damascus, where a group of rebels were
stationed.
Maaloula
– a mountain village of 2,000 residents, 60km northeast of Damascus - is home
to some of the most ancient Orthodox Christian relics and is a major pilgrimage
destination. It’s also one of the very few places in the world where people
still speak Aramaic, a biblical-era language that Jesus is believed to have
spoken.
An
RT news crew traveled to the site, but was not allowed to enter the city for
safety reasons.
Militan,
kira-kira 300 orang, bersembunyi [sic] di hotel Safir, terdapat gua purba di
bawahnya kampung - mereka menggunakan mereka juga. Mereka menonton kita - dan
kita melihat mereka, tetapi jika kita mula bergerak - mereka akan menyerang
kita. Tetapi tidak mungkin sebelum matahari terbenam, “kata seorang askar
tentera Syria memberitahu RT Maria Finoshina.
Bagaimanapun,
pembangkang Gabungan Kebangsaan Syria berkata anggota Free Syrian Army telah
ditarik balik dari Maaloula awal minggu ini, selepas memusnahkan posts tentera
di Maaloula.
Awal
minggu ini, laporan menunjukkan bahawa militan telah memecahkan kampung dan
mengebom gereja-gereja Kristian dengan mortar, laman Al ‘Ain Surya dilaporkan.
Satu kebakaran berlaku di kuil Nabi Elijah (Elia), dan bangunan itu mengalami
kerosakan.
Gabungan
Kebangsaan berkata mereka berada di kawasan itu selama beberapa jam, “tetapi
tidak menyerang mana-mana gereja atau biara”. Sementara itu, kerajaan Syria
menghantar bala bantuan, termasuk kereta kebal dan kakitangan pembawa perisai.
“The
militants, around 300 people, hide [sic] in Safir hotel, there are ancient
caves there under the village – they use them as well. They watch us – and we
watch them, but if we start moving – they'll attack us. But unlikely before the
sunset,” a Syrian army soldier told RT’s Maria Finoshina.
However,
the opposition Syrian National Coalition said members of the Free Syrian Army
had withdrawn from Maaloula earlier this week, after destroying army posts at
Maaloula.
Earlier
this week, reports indicated that militants had broken into the village and shelled
Christian churches with mortars, the Surya al-Ain website reported. A fire
broke out in the temple of the Holy Prophet Elijah, and the building suffered
damage.
The
National Coalition said they were in the area for several hours, "but did
not attack any church or convent". Meanwhile, the Syrian government sent
reinforcements, including tanks and armored personnel carriers.
Tentera
kerajaan telah mengambil kedudukan di luar kampung, Rami Abdul Rahman berkata,
sambil menambah bahawa adalah pertempuran pada hari Jumaat di sekitar kampung,
yang dalam senarai UNESCO cadangan tapak warisan DUNIA.
“Tentera
Syria merancang satu operasi untuk membersihkan Maaloula dari pemberontak Jabhat
Al ‘Nusra. Terdapat khabar angin bahawa pemberontak telah meninggalkan kampung,
tetapi tentera berkata, mereka masih ada. Walaupun mereka meninggalkan
Maaloula, mereka boleh menyembunyikan berhampiran dan kembali balik,
"laporan wartawan RT ini.
Terdahulu
pada hari Khamis, kapal terbang perang kerajaan melancarkan 3 serangan udara ke
atas pemeriksaan yang dipegang oleh pemberontak.
Sehingga
hari ini, kampung gunung ini 2,000 penduduk berhampiran Damsyik, telah berjaya
untuk kekal kebanyakannya tidak terjejas oleh perang saudara yang menurut
anggaran PBB, telah meragut lebih 100,000 nyawa.
Government
forces have taken up positions outside the village, Rami Abdul-Rahman said,
adding that were clashes on Friday around the village, which is on a UNESCO
list of proposed world heritage sites.
“The
Syrian army plans an operation to clear Maaloula from Jabhat al Nusra rebels.
There have been rumors that the rebels have left the village, but the army says
they’re still there. Even if they leave Maaloula, they can hide nearby and
return,” RT’s correspondent reports.
Earlier
on Thursday, government war planes launched three air strikes on the checkpoint
held by the rebels.
Until
Wednesday, this mountain village of 2,000 residents near Damascus, had managed
to remain mostly unaffected by the civil war that, according to UN estimates,
has already claimed more than 100,000 lives.
