BBC | Jim Muir | August 5, 2011
Tens of thousands of people have protested across Syria, days after the bloody crackdown on the city of Hama where the opposition had taken control.
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SYRIA: Syria Violence: New Protests After Crackdown in Hama
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Displacement, Government, Ground Assault, Gunfire, Lebanon, Middle-East, Military, Property Damage, Protesters, Russia, Shelling, Syria, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, United Nations, United States, tagged Bashar al-Assad, Civilian Casualties, Protesters, Russia, security fforces, Syria, Syrian unrest, targeted death, Targeted Injury, United Nations Security Council, United States on August 5, 2011 |
SOMALIA: Gunfire Said to Kill 7 as Aid is Looted in Somalia
Posted in Africa, AMISOM, Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Government, Gunfire, Horn of Africa, Looting, Military, Somalia, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, United Nations, tagged African Union, Al-Shaabab, Civilian Casualties, famine, humanitarian aid, IDPs, International Committee of the Red Cross, refugees, Somalia, the United Nations, World Food Programme on August 5, 2011 |
AP | Abdi Guled and Katherine Houreld| August 5, 2011
Somali government troops opened fire Friday on hungry civilians, killing at least seven people, as both groups made a grab for food at a U.N. distribution site in the capital of this famine-stricken country, witnesses said.
SYRIA: Syrian Tanks Overrun Hama, Kill Scores
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Displacement, Government, Ground Assault, Gunfire, Middle-East, Military, Protesters, Russia, Shelling, Syria, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, United Nations, United States, tagged Bashar al-Assad, Civilian Casualties, European Union, Middle-East, Protesters, Russia, security forces, Syria, Syrian unrest, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United States on August 5, 2011 |
REUTERS | August 5, 2011
Syrian tanks tightened their occupation of Hama and massed outside a defiant city in the east as President Bashar al-Assad ignored mounting world condemnation of attacks on protesters the United States says has killed 2,000 people opposing his rule.
SYRIA: Hama Tank Assault Kills 45 Civilians – Activist
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Displacement, Government, Ground Assault, Gunfire, India, Lebanon, Middle-East, Military, Property Damage, Protesters, Shelling, Syria, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, United Nations, United States, tagged Bashar al-Assad, Civilian Casualties, Lebanon, Middle-East, Protesters, refugees, security forces, shelling, snipers, Syrian unrest, Turkey, United Nations Security Council, United States on August 4, 2011 |
REUTERS | Khaled Oweis | August 4, 2011
At least 45 civilians were killed in a tank assault by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces to occupy the centre of Hama, an activist said on Thursday, in a sharp escalation of a military campaign aimed at ending an uprising against his rule.
SYRIA: Syria Death Toll Rises, Italy Recalls Envoy
Posted in China, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Ground Assault, Gunfire, India, Middle-East, Military, Property Damage, Protesters, Russia, Syria, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, tagged Bashar al-Assad, China, Civilian Casualties, European Union, human rights, India, Italy, Middle-East, Protesters, Ramadan, Russia, security forces, Syrian unrest, the United Nations, UN Security Council, United Kingdom, United States on August 2, 2011 |
REUTERS | Khaled Oweis | August 2, 2011
The death toll in Syria’s violent crackdown on opposition to President Bashar al-Assad in the city of Hama and elsewhere climbed on Tuesday, spurring Western efforts to pile diplomatic pressure on Damascus.
