Tag: Syrian
Syrian forces kill more than 50
Syrian security forces backed by tanks on Sunday killed 42 civilians in the city of Deir Ezzor and at least 10 more in the...
Syrian forces kill four in Homs province
Syrian security forces backed by tanks killed four civilians and wounded several others on Sunday in a protest crackdown on the town of Hula...
Gulf bloc urges end to Syrian bloodshed
Gulf Arab states on Saturday turned up the heat on Damascus, joining a growing chorus of pressure after Syrian security forces shot dead at...
UN divided as tanks besiege Syrian cities
Hundreds of tanks and troop carriers were deployed on Wednesday near the Syrian protest hubs of Deir Ezzor and Hama, activists said, as the...
Syrian army kills 45 in Hama protest hub: activist
At least 45 people were killed on Sunday when the army launched an attack on the flashpoint protest city of Hama in central Syria,...
Syrian forces kill two at demos after blast
Security forces shot dead at least two civilians as thousands of Syrians massed for protests and saboteurs blew up a pipeline near the restive...
Al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri hails Syrian protestors
Al-Qaeda's new leader Ayman al-Zawahiri praised anti-regime protestors in Syria in a video released Wednesday claiming the United States is seeking regime change in...
Syrian tanks assault town, kill 11 civilians
Syrian troops and security forces backed by tanks killed 11 civilians on Wednesday when they stormed a town near Damascus, Syrian human rights campaigners...
Syrian govt passes new political parties law
The Syrian cabinet has approved a law that allows the formation of political parties other than the ruling Baath party, provided they adhere to...
Syrian security forces kill two protesters
Two civilians were killed on Friday when Syrian security forces and regime agents used violence to disperse anti-regime protesters in the cities of Aleppo...
Syrian forces kill thirteen civilians in Homs
Syrian security forces shot dead 13 civilians on Monday and Tuesday in the central protest hub city of Homs, rights activist Rami Abdel Rahman...
Syrian army readies operations near Iraq border
The army is preparing to storm the eastern border town of Al-Bukamal, next to Iraq, where “armed groups” have created an “explosive” situation,” Al-Watan...
Syrian opposition calls for civil disobedience
Syrians should wage a campaign of civil disobedience to try to force President Bashar al-Assad from power, an exiled dissident said on Saturday at...
Syrian forces storm suburb, ambassador in Hama
Syrian security forces stormed the northern Damascus suburb of Harasta, injuring two people, residents and a human rights group said on Friday, ahead of...
Syrian forces round up dozens in Hama
Syrian forces rounded up dozens of people in Hama on Wednesday after shooting dead up to 22 people, activists said, and Amnesty International said...
Syrian forces sweep into Hama, arrest dozens
Syrian troops stormed houses in Hama on Monday as thousands of people took to the streets shouting "God is greatest", in the city which...
Syrian opposition in rift over Damascus meeting
Anti-regime activists behind street protests in Syria on Tuesday criticised opposition figures who held an unprecedented meeting in Damascus at which they called for...
