Sources: BBC
The UK Royal Air Force admits killing a civilian with a drone strike in Syria, the first time the force has accepted responsibility for civilian deaths in the country since starting operations there four years ago. 2018-05-2
United Nations Special Envoy Kofi Annan visits Syria a day after the Security Council unanimously condemns the Houla massacre. 2012-05-28
31 people are killed in anti-government clashes with security forces in Syria. 2012-03-9
The Arab Inter-parliamentary Union, an advisory body to the Arab League, calls for the removal of its monitors in Syria, saying that they are inadvertently helping the government cover up ongoing violence. 2012-01-1
Amnesty International calls for a United Nations investigation into allegations of human rights abuses in Syria. 2011-07-5
French newspaper "Le Figaro" reports that Hezbollah has transferred hundreds of missiles from Syria to Lebanon, fearing the fall of the Syrian government in the ongoing Syrian uprising. 2011-06-26
The Syrian human rights group Sawasiah claims that at least 63 protestors were killed on Friday. 2011-06-4
Protests continue in cities across Syria demanding greater freedoms; gunfire is also heard in Deraa. 2011-03-25
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