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Syrian media report that Minister of Defense Dawoud Rajiha is killed along with deputy vice president General Hasan Turkmani, interior minister Mohammad Ibrahim al-Shaar and Assef Shawkat, Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law and deputy defense minister. Several other senior officials are also seriously injured, including the country's intelligence chief Hisham Bekhtyar.
2012-07-18

A senior official from the Defence Ministry defects while in Cairo.
2012-01-5

At least 20 people and 13 soldiers are killed in ongoing fighting in the city of Homs.
2011-11-3

2011 Syrian uprising: At least 17 people are reported dead in Syria, as fighting continues between the government and opposition groups.
2011-10-26

Sixteen alleged members of the computer hacking group Anonymous are arrested in FBI raids across several states in the US.
2011-07-19

Russia and China boycott a meeting of the United Nations Security Council where a resolution condemning the Syrian government is being debated.
2011-06-13

Thousands protest across the country, with at least 23 deaths reported.
2011-06-10

Thousands of refugees from Syria cross into Turkey and Lebanon.
2011-06-9

2011 Syrian uprising: Heavy shooting is heard in a western suburb of Damascus as the Syrian Army advances against anti-government protesters.
2011-05-9