Rights activists said Wednesday’s violence across Syria killed at least 25 people, including eight Syrian troops who died in a retaliatory attack by suspected army defectors. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the defectors ambushed a military convoy traveling through a village near the flashpoint city of Hama. Hours earlier, rights activists [...]
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December 15, 2011
December 11, 2011
10 Killed in Syria’s Anti-Government Unrest
Activists say Syrian forces have opened fire on protesters who had gathered at a funeral for a child, killing at least four people. The activists say the unrest the northwestern Idlib province was among several deadly incidents Saturday. They also say three civilians were killed in the central Homs region after gunfire erupted near a [...]
December 9, 2011
November 4, 2011
US Skeptical of Assad Peace Commitments
The United States Thursday expressed deep skepticism that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad intends to fulfill commitments made to the Arab League this week to end the country’s political crisis. U.S. officials say there is no sign security forces are pulling back from urban areas. U.S. officials say they welcome the Arab League attempt to end [...]
November 1, 2011
Arab League Awaits Syrian Response
The Arab League’s point-man for Syria, Qatar’s foreign minister, says the league is waiting for a Syrian response to a demand that Damascus pull its tanks off the streets and start negotiations with the opposition. Syrian security forces stormed a university campus in the southern flashpoint city of Daraa Monday, firing on students and [...]
October 23, 2011
Syria’s Assad Replaces 2 Governors in Protest Hubs
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has replaced governors in two provinces that have seen months of protests against his 11-year rule. Syria’s state news agency said Sunday Assad appointed new governors for the Damascus countryside and for the northern province of Idlib, bordering Turkey. It says the rural Damascus post was given to Hussein Makhlouf and [...]