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Human Rights Watch calls on the Lebanese government to grant asylum to people fleeing from Syria.
2011-05-20

Dozens of tanks have been sent to the Syrian city of Homs as the Government continues to crack down on protesters.
2011-05-5

President Assad lifts the 48-year controversial state of emergency following demands by protests.
2011-04-19

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

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

Syrian forces kill at least four people at the Omari Mosque in the southern Syrian city of Deraa following days of protest against the Ba'ath Party.
2011-03-23

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

2011 Syrian protests: Social media mobilises the people of Syria for rallies demanding freedom, human rights and the end to emergency law, scheduled for Friday and Saturday in front of the parliament in Damascus and at Syrian embassies internationally.
2011-02-3