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Clashes take place between Syrian troops and armed Kurdish fighters in Qamishli.
2012-07-22

Heavy fighting continues in the Syrian capital Damascus and the largest city of Aleppo.
2012-07-21

Major General Hisham Ikhtiyar, the head of Syrian national security, dies of wounds he received from a bombing in the capital Damascus on July 18.
2012-07-20

A bomb explodes in the National Security Building in Damascus during a meeting of Cabinet ministers and senior security officials.
2012-07-18

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

At least 200 people are reportedly killed by the Syrian army in the Syrian village of Tremseh, in Hama province.
2012-07-12

Syrian uprising (2011-present): French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius states that a Syrian commander in the National Guard, Manaf Tlass who fled to Turkey some days ago, is on his way to Paris.
2012-07-6

Syrian uprising: Heavy fighting is reported overnight in the Damascus suburb of al-Abbaseen between Syrian government forces and the Free Syrian Army.
2012-06-11

Syrian uprising: The United Nations Human Rights Council votes to condemn the massacre carried out by Syrian forces in the town of Houla on May 25, despite Russia, China and Cuba voting against the resolution.
2012-06-1

Syrian uprising: United Nations envoy Kofi Annan describes the situation in Syria as bleak, raising concerns about reports indicating that Syrian Army forces are conducting operations against opponents.
2012-04-25