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
United Nations Special Envoy Kofi Annan visits Syria a day after the Security Council unanimously condemns the Houla massacre. 2012-05-28
Several people are killed or injured in a blast in Syria's second city of Aleppo. 2012-05-5
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
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
Syrians engage in mass Friday protests against the Syrian government, calling on the international community for assistance against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. 2011-09-9
2011 Syrian uprising: A Syrian human rights organisation claims that Syrian Army troops have killed 22 people in the town of Hama since yesterday. 2011-07-6
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
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issues an amnesty for all "political crimes" amid continuing protests. 2011-05-31