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Syrian blogger Razan Ghazzawi is awarded the Front Line human rights prize.
2012-06-9

Several people are killed or injured in a blast in Syria's second city of Aleppo.
2012-05-5

Syrian uprising: Syrian regime forces kill at least 33 people with shells and gunfire in the city of Hama.
2012-04-23

France's dropping of arms for tribal fighters in Libya is a "crude violation" of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 according to Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, echoing African Union concerns that it risks "a Somalia-sation" of Libya".
2011-06-30

The Syrian military moves into two villages, one on the border with Turkey and the other on the border with Lebanon, with civilians reportedly being shot in the village near Lebanon.
2011-06-25

President Bashar al-Assad announces that the 48-year-old state of emergency law will be lifted next week.
2011-04-16

U.S. President Obama is reported to have authorized covert support for Libyan rebels.
2011-03-31

Al Wefaq, the leading Shi'ite opposition party, claims that 250 people have been detained and 47 held in detention since the declaration of martial law.
2011-03-28

Clashes and gunfire are reported in Tripoli for the first time.
2011-02-21