Sources: Financial Times
Syria Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi declares that Syria has stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and that it plans to use them in case of a foreign attack, but never against its own citizens. 2012-07-23
The European Union tightens sanctions on Syria, adding 29 more names to the existing list of 170 Syrian individuals and companies. 2012-07-23
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: A roadside bomb explodes near a United Nations convoy in the Syrian capital of Damascus, in the district of Douma. 2012-05-20
Syrian uprising: Opposition fighters say they are amassing weapons amid a lull in fighting. 2012-05-8
Syrian uprising: The United Nations says both government and opposition forces have violated the ceasefire. 2012-05-1
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: 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