Sources: Haaretz
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A 24-hour ceasefire deal is reached in Syria's city of Homs allowing rebels to withdraw from their last stronghold in the central city. 2014-05-2
17 people are killed and 26 wounded in a mortar attack in the government-held district of Homs and the town of Dablan 2013-07-30
John Baird, the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs announces that Canada will be imposing sanctions against Syria. 2011-05-24
Syrian troops arrest 300 people in a raid on the Damascus suburb of Saqba and tanks and troops are also reported to have been sent to other to quell anti-government demonstrations in Homs and Hama.2011-05-5
Dozens of tanks have been sent to the Syrian city of Homs as the Government continues to crack down on protesters. 2011-05-5
About 100 tanks and troop transports converge on the town of Al-Rastan, after anti-regime protesters toppled a statue of the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad and pledged to press ahead with their "revolution" despite sweeping arrests by Bashar al-Assad's regime. 2011-05-5
Thousands of anti-government protesters occupy and start a sit-in at Al-Saa Square in Homs, the third largest city in Syria. 2011-04-19
Eyewitnesses report that Daraa where dozens of protesters were shot on Friday is 80 per cent paralysed. 2011-04-10
The official death toll since the 2011 Syrian protests is 27 since March 15 with confirmed deaths occurring in the cities of Homs, Sanamen, Daraa and Latakia. 2011-03-26