Tag: Syrian
Four Syrian soldiers killed, civilians hurt
Four Syrian soldiers were killed and several civilians wounded on Thursday during clashes between troops and deserters in a town in northwest Syria, rights...
Russia to host Syrian opposition
Russia said Wednesday it will host a Syrian opposition delegation later this month despite using its veto against a Western-backed UN resolution condemning Bashar...
Five Syrian security personnel killed
Syria said on Thursday that “terrorists” had killed five security force members and wounded 17 in the restive area of Daraa while pro-democracy activists...
Five killed by Syrian forces
Security forces massed in the flashpoint province of Daraa, where demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime first erupted six months ago, activists said on...
Syrian opposition calls for unity, continued protests
Opponents of President Bashar al-Assad met in Damascus on Sunday, calling for the continuation of popular protests to overthrow the “tyrannical” regime in power...
Syrian protesters mark six months of revolt
Protesters vowed to hit the streets of Syria en masse Thursday to mark six months since the start of an ant-regime uprising, undaunted by...
Syrian demonstrators call for international protection
Syrian protesters called on Friday for international protection from a military crackdown on nearly six months of nationwide demonstrations demanding an end to President...
Syrian forces raid central cities, kill eight
Syrian troops and security forces on Monday launched an assault on the central cities of Hama and Homs, where they shot dead six people,...
Syrian forces kill 7 on Eidul Fitr, EU targets oil
Syrian forces killed seven people on the first day of the Eidul Fitr feast on Tuesday, activists said, a day after the EU moved...
US freezes Syrian assets in new sanctions
US President Barack Obama on Thursday slapped new sanctions on Syria in an executive order that freezes all Syrian government assets and forbids investment...
Syrian forces make arrests sweep in stricken port city
Hundreds of Syrian security services raided homes in the port city of Latakia on Wednesday, pressing their crackdown on dissent in defiance of rising...
Syrian tanks shell Latakia, death toll reaches 34
Syrian tanks opened fire on poor Sunni districts in Latakia on Tuesday, residents said, the fourth day of a military assault on the northern...
Six dead in Syrian port city of Latakia
At least six people were killed as the Syrian military opened fire on the port city of Latakia on Sunday, with warships and tanks...
Syrian troops storm port city, one dead
Syrian troops stormed the port city of Latakia and sprayed it with gunfire on Saturday, killing at least one person, activists said, while the...
Syrian forces kill 19, United States threatens more sanctions
Syrian forces killed at least 19 people in raids near the Lebanon border and in the country's Sunni tribal heartland, activists said, pursuing a...
Syrian army raids another city as outrage mounts
Syrian troops launched a vast operation on Wednesday in Idlib province bordering Turkey and killed at least one person, activists said, amid growing outrage...
Syrian forces kill 17 in Deir Ezzor
Security forces killed 17 civilians on Tuesday in Syria's eastern protest hub of Deir Ezzor and at least four others in other parts of...
