Sources: BBC
Iran says a UK-flagged ship seized several months ago is free to depart. MV "Stena Impero", an oil tanker, was captured in response to the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar over allegations it was carrying fuel to Syria. 2019-09-23
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
The United Nations Security Council votes on an Arab League proposal to resolve problems in Syria with reports of hundreds of people dead in the past couple of days as a result of shelling in Homs - the People's Republic of China and Russia veto the resolution. 2012-02-4
Syrian security forces kill over 100 civilians across Syria, primarily in the cities of Homs and Daraa. 2012-01-27
Syrian activists call for mass protests in schools against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad as the school year begins. 2011-09-18
Syria's deputy foreign minister says anti-regime protests have been ignited and fueled by "extremist" groups with religious affiliations while a human rights group says 1,337 protesters have been killed since anti-regime protests began. 2011-06-25
The Syrian human rights group Sawasiah claims that at least 63 protestors were killed on Friday. 2011-06-4
Thousands of people demonstrate for a third consecutive day in Daraa, Syria, with crowds setting fire to the headquarters of the ruling Baath Party while one protester is killed by security forces. 2011-03-20
Hundreds of people stage a rare protest in the Syrian capital Damascus calling for greater freedoms and the release of political prisoners. 2011-03-15