Tag: Syrian
Nine dead as Syrian forces fire on protesters
Syrian forces fired on demonstrators on Friday killing nine and wounding several others as thousands pour onto the streets of Damascus. Activits said thousands...
Syrian army cuts off supply lifeline for refugees
The Syrian army has cut off a key border village supplying people fleeing to Turkey, closing its only bakery and burning surrounding forests, residents...
Syrian army cuts off supply lifeline for refugees
The Syrian army has cut off a key border village supplying people fleeing to Turkey, closing its only bakery and burning surrounding forests, residents...
Syrian tanks enter Turkish border village
Army tanks on Saturday entered a village bordering Turkey, where 10,000 Syrians have sought refuge, an activist said, as Washington warned Damascus over its...
Syrian tanks swoop on another town
Tanks Thursday swooped on another northern town as Syria’s army pressed its crackdown on dissent and the United States condemned the “outrageous use of...
Activists vow more protests, military heads for Syrian town
Pro-democracy activists in Syria vowed more protests against President Bashar al-Assad for Friday, as reports of more bloodshed and the deployment of a convoy...
120 killed in fresh Syrian violence
Syrian state television said the number of people killed in an attack by gunmen on a security post in the northwestern town of Jisr...
Syrian forces kill 70 in anti-Assad protests on Friday
Syrian forces killed at least 70 protesters on Friday, activists said, in one of the bloodiest days since the start of an 11-week revolt...
‘Intense gunfire’ kills 27 at Syrian protest, say activists
Syrian security forces opened fire Friday during one of the largest anti-government protests so far in the 10-week revolt, killing at least 27 people,...
Syrian forces kill 11 in besieged town
Syrian forces killed at least 11 civilians in the central town of Rastan on Thursday, activists said, in the latest military assault to try...
Syrian military chief on EU sanctions list
The chief of Syria’s armed forces, his deputy and the vice president join President Bashar al-Assad on a list of 10 officials hit by...
EU imposes sanctions on Syrian President Assad
The European Union imposed sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other senior officials on Monday, raising pressure on his government to end weeks...
Tanks shell Syrian border town
Tanks shelled a Syrian border town for the fourth day on Wednesday in a military campaign to crush demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad, under...
Syrian regime ‘organised’ border unrest: Israel
Israel's army accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime of "organising" Sunday's violence on the Golan Heights as a way to divert attention from pro-democracy...
More arrests as Syrian army takes hold of Banias
Syrian security forces rounded up more protest leaders in Banias on Tuesday, three days after storming the flashpoint coastal city a rights group said,...
Syrian forces arrest scores in Banias, Homs
Syrian security forces arrested scores of people on Monday in two restive cities where President Bashar al-Assad has sent troops to crush a seven-week-old...
Regime hunting opponents in Syrian towns: activists
Syrian troops hunted down opponents of President Bashar al-Assad in two restive cities on Sunday, activists said, as the regime defied world anger at...
