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Syrian activists claim that the Syrian Armed Forces killed ten people in the village of Bakha north of Damascus.
2012-04-28

The Washington-based organisation Human Rights Watch accuses Syria of hiding hundreds of political detainees during a visit by Arab League monitors.
2011-12-28

The first monitors from the Arab League arrive in Syria to assess the government's crack-down on anti-government demonstrations across the country.
2011-12-22

Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, again warns the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad to stop violence against civilians.
2011-08-8

2011 Syrian uprising: Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets after Friday prayers in cities across Syria.
2011-07-22

2011 Syrian uprising: Human Rights Watch issues a report claiming that Syrian Army soldiers have been issued orders to shoot protesters participating in demonstrations.
2011-07-9

2011 Syrian uprising: Security forces kill seven people during clashes between opposition and pro-government supporters in three cities.
2011-06-21

The Syrian regime claims to have retaken Jisr al-Shughour, while residents who fled speak of fighting, divisions and defections among government troops as police and workers arm themselves to defend the town against the army.
2011-06-13

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and urges him to immediately end the violent crackdown against anti-government protesters in Syria, as Syrian tanks and armored vehicles deployed around the town of Rastan, witnesses said, raising fears of another deadly attack on protesters challenging Assad's rule.
2011-05-4