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
One person is shot dead and three others wounded by gunfire in clashes in a pro-Syrian government neighbourhood of Tripoli, Lebanon. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20120608-lebanon-one-killed-pro-syrian-regime-neighbourhood (France 24)]date=August 2019 2012-06-8
31 people are killed in anti-government clashes with security forces in Syria. 2012-03-9
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
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
Syrian activists call for mass protests in schools against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad as the school year begins. 2011-09-18
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
More than 200 members of Syria's ruling Ba'ath Party resign over President Bashar al-Assad's repression of protesters. 2011-04-28
Snipers in the city of Latakia, Syria, kill at least three people as protests continue. 2011-03-26
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