Main Street

Main Street of Taldou

Main Street in 2011
Hula Hula massacre in front of my detachment – April 27, 2011

Clock Tower

Called "Freedom Square" or "Freedom Circle" by rebels.

Video: FNN Syria Al Hawla the impact of destruction 18 9 2012
Hula - dizziness of freedom after the withdrawal of gangs Assad 31/05/2012
Cham Homs Hula armored army Assad on Freedom Square in Tldo 24 11 2011
Hula dizziness of freedom turned into a military barracks after it was Square to demonstrate against the Assad regime – Oct 10, 2011

North end

West side, north

Street, 550 m

660W: Military intelligence HQ, burnt

700W: Two story building with sandbag positions in corners of roof.

730W

Unfinished tree-story building of cinderblocks. Used by rebels as sniper position.

View from across street:

Battalion Arabad bin force in Hula clashing with gangs Assad

740W: Garage

770W: Two storeys, wide

Open space

820W
830W
840W: Two storeys

Military intelligence HQ at 660W
Rebels pose between buildings 715W and 730W

East side, north

Video FNN Syria Al Hawla one of the streets and the impact of destruction 18 9 2012 – view from west side

Street, 240 m "Satto Road", claimed attack route of Al-Hassan clan.
Alley, 285 m
Al-Hassan clan fire on main street from alley: Free Army battalions Battalion Arabad bin valid in conjunction with the confidentiality of the martyr Abu Omar in the battle to liberate Freedom Circle in Tldo
Street, 340 m
Street, 500 m

510E: three stories
520E: two stories
535E: two stories
535E: one story, three similar houses in back

Empty space at 560 m, opposite street 560W, trees

570E: 20 m plot, walled garden on south side
590E: Small, 8 m wide
600E: Narrow, 6 m wide, new house in back of this & 610E
610E: Maybe connected to 600E
620 - 630E: Large building, two stories, battle damage in south-east corner, another building behind on alley 635.

Alley, 635 m
- One faction Battalion Arabad bin guerrilla force clashing with treachery Asadi stationed at the National Hospital in Taldou – stars "Eric the Red"
- One faction Battalion Arabad bin valid address Army treachery Asadi

640E: Large building, two stories
650E: two stories
660E: small, maybe wing of building north.

Empty space, 670 m

680E

Small walled garden in front

695E

High, two stories, row of new houses in back along alley 705E

Abandoned, burnt, with battle damage: Viewed adapted Assad gangs burned houses 16-9

Alley, 705 m

710E

Alley, 720 m
Rebel attack on National Hospital from alley:
- Battalion Arabad bin force in Hula clashing with gangs Assad

730E: "Ali's house," (per France 2), burnt (20 m wide)
750E: Drawn in from street
760E: high, built after 2010

Empty space

790E: Small

Empty space

820E
830E
860E
880E

"Ali's house" at 730E

Gate

At exactly 890 meters from clock tower.

It is easier to measure distances from the gate than from the tower, so it is now defined to be at 890 m.

South end

From gate to Hospital north entrance

West side, south

Empty space

900w: Shack
920W: Large building, two stories, 25 meters wide
950W: School, built 2004, rebel base
970W: Two stories, with balcony, seen in Ali video

Garden

1060W: Shack

empty space

1120W: Two or three stories
1130W: Hospital water tower
1150W: National Hospital, north entrance

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School at 950W (Note battle dammage)
Building 970W, School at 950W on right, behind cab of truck

East side, south

900E: Behind trees

trees extend till shack 945E

945E: shack

Empty space

970E: Two stories, drawn from street, bodies removed by UN, Ali visits house on September 14th, guide explains how one one victim was found sitting in corner, bloodstains on wall.
990E: Tree in front, Ali visits house

Massacre victims in 990E

1005E: drawn from street
1020E: small
1040E
walled

Empty space 1050 m - 1080 m

1090E: Unfinished sceleton structure, 3 floors + 1/2 floor on top

Empty space 1100 m - 1100 m

1110E: Two stories