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John Baird, the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs announces that Canada will be imposing sanctions against Syria.
2011-05-24

The European Union imposes sanctions on 13 Syrian officials in response to a violent crackdown on protests in the country.
2011-05-10

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 claim that Syrian security forces killed four protesters in the coastal city of Banias.
2011-04-10

The United States Government offers free flights out of Syria to its employees.
2011-04-3

Protests continue in cities across Syria demanding greater freedoms; gunfire is also heard in Deraa.
2011-03-25

Thousands of people march in the southern Syrian city of Deraa calling for more political freedoms.
2011-03-21

Syrian security forces fire tear gas at a funeral for two men killed in an earlier protest in the southern city of Daraa.
2011-03-19

Demonstrators defy a government ban in the Syrian capital Damascus and protest for a second day, demanding the release of political prisoners.
2011-03-16