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I'm not sure what page to put this at, but this is a page now. It's fascinating. I've been looking into peripheral violence to the Houla Massacre, not meaning to get this serious. But here's the clincher story, part 1: VDC query - all Hama martyrs May 24 - 7 total. All but the top one play in here. They tend to say "Date of death: 2012-05-24," "Cause of Death: Kidnapping - Execution" with the notes:
 * Natania Oreib Al-Saleem, Child - Male
 * Yahya Oreib Al-Saleem, Child - Female
 * Yakoub Oreib Al-Saleem, Child - Male
 * Farouq Oreib Al-Saleem, Child-Male
 * Fadwa Al-Shaddeh, Adult Female (mother)
 * "The whole family, consisted of a mother and five children were kidnapped 2 days ago while they were on their way back from Sahl Al-Ghan to Hama. They were executed, and their corpses were found today in Mesyaf. They were slaughtered by knives."

Note "Shabiha" or the regime aren't specifically blamed. There are apparently one child not listed - maybe not dead for all we know. Sahl al-Ghan ... not sure how I figured out that means al-Ghab plain, aka Sahl al-Ghab. It's north and west of Hama, Hama Panhandle, flanks Latakia up to the Turkish border. Vague locale to return from. You might drive south to Mesyaf a bit south of its south end, then east to Hama. Or get killed anywhere prior and dumped in Mesyaf - not far from Aqrab, just 16 km direct. (cont'd)... --Caustic Logic (talk) 11:08, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Part 2: This family wasn't driving their own car back from wherever as far north almost as Turkey ... the other relevant victim is Refaat Al-Hussein, adult male, killed also May 24 by "Kidnapping - Torture - Execution." Notes: "He was a bus driver. He was transporting the family who was slaughtered. His corpse was found too with signs of torture." So ... were there only the six people on his bus, or are these seven corpses the residue of a once-larger pool? The date of death isn't clear - found"today," apparently meaning the 24th, after being captured by some kind of bus hijackers two days earlier. Best reading says that should be May 22. So, here's Part 3:
 *  Lebanese Al Manar TV reported the release of 9 Lebanese pilgrims after 17 months of being held captive by Qatari-backed terrorists in north of Syria.
 * On 22 May 2012 a group of terrorists stopped a passenger’s bus near the Turkish borders north of Syria and the passengers were held by a group of anti-Islamic Wahhabi terrorists with direct links to Turkish prime minister office and the Qatari Emir. The terrorists then released the women and children and kept 11 men captive, 2 of them managed to escape after a Syrian Arab Army operation in Azaz last year that killed one of the terrorists leaders responsible of the kidnapping.

http://www.syrianews.cc/kidnapped-lebanese-pilgrims-released/

Maybe they didn't release all the women and children. Is that driver accounted for? Is this the same one, or from a second bus? Because (part 4) these victims then proceeded south with some friends of their captirs before getting dumped by the 24th at the edge of the coming Houla Massacre, with its Aqrab connections and alleged units of unknown foreigners, presumably filtered in via Turkey as usual ... --Caustic Logic (talk) 11:17, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

As for the other points on the map: Shumariyeh Massacre - Shayzar - right next to Christian Mahrada and also Tremseh. VDC list - Hama "shelling" likely massacre - consider all 35 martyrs for Hama May 27. No analysis yet, the story above distracted me. --Caustic Logic (talk) 11:27, 22 July 2014 (UTC)