Offstream
news

Kofi Annan resigns as the head of the U.N.-Arab League peace envoy for Syria, according to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon.
2012-08-2

Syrian uprising: The United Nations Security Council votes to send 300 more observers to Syria.
2012-04-21

2011–2012 Syrian uprising: Protests referred to by activists as "The Friday for International Military Intervention" spread from the northern city of Aleppo to the central regions of Hama and Homs, and southern province of Daraa.
2012-03-16

Syrian uprising: The Syrian army attacks rebels in northern Syria; dozens of people in the city of Idlib are reported killed with heavy shelling in areas around Idlib and around Homs; rebels kill at least 10 troops in an ambush in the same area
2012-03-13

A United Nations official claims that Syrian government activities have caused "well over 7,500 deaths" in the Syrian uprising.
2012-02-29

Political leaders of Palestinian group Hamas exit Syria for Egypt and Qatar, saying it could no longer operate in the country.
2012-02-28

Two Western journalists are killed in the Syrian city of Homs, American Marie Colvin working for the "Sunday Times" and French photographer Remi Ochlik.
2012-02-22

One of Syria's leading businessmen says sanctions against the country are crippling the economy and that the government is "disintegrating".
2012-02-19

25 people are killed across Syria by security forces, primarily in the cities of Homs and Idlib.
2012-02-15

2011–2012 Syrian uprising: The Arab League calls for a ceasefire in Syria, saying that tanks and heavy weaponry have been withdrawn from Syrian cities, but warning that snipers remain a threat.
2012-01-2