Syrian uprising: Turkey officially requests backing from NATO allies after a Turkish fighter jet is shot down by Syrian air defenses. 2012-06-26
Syrian uprising: The pilot of a Syrian MiG 21 fighter plane defects to Jordan after landing in a military air base in northern Jordan. 2012-06-21
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: Opposition activists on the ground in Syria report that a massacre has been committed in the small village of Qubair, Hama, by the government-hired Shabiha militia. Activists report 78 dead, mostly women and children. 2012-06-6
Syrian uprising: At least eight more people are killed in the ongoing violence in Syria, despite the presence of 145 United Nations ceasefire monitors. 2012-05-12
Syrian uprising: Three people are injured in a car bombing in central Damascus, blamed by the regime-backed state television on an "armed terrorist group". The opposition say around sixty people were killed nationwide yesterday. 2012-04-24
Syrian uprising: Syrian regime forces kill at least 33 people with shells and gunfire in the city of Hama. 2012-04-23
Syrian uprising: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Syria has failed in its obligation to pull its troops out of urban areas, according to a peace plan. 2012-04-19
French officials confirm France and UK are to deploy attack helicopters as part of a boost to NATO's attacks on Muammar Gaddafi. 2011-05-23