Posted in Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Displacement, Government, Ground Assault, Gunfire, Middle-East, Military, Property Damage, Protesters, Shelling, Syria, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Turkey, tagged Bashar al-Assad, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Protesters, Ramadan, security forces, Syrian unrest, Turkey on August 10, 2011 |
REUTERS | Khaled Yacoub Oweis | August 10, 2011
Syrian tanks stormed two northwestern towns near the border with Turkey on Wednesday, expanding a military offensive to crush protests, local residents said a day after Ankara pressed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end killings of civilians.
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Ground Assault, Internal Displaced Persons, Middle-East, Military, Refugee Camps, Syria, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Turkey, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilians, protests, Syria, Syrian unrest, Terrorists, Turkey, US sanctions on June 29, 2011 |
REUTERS | Khaled Yacoub Oweis | June 29, 2011
Syrian troops shot dead 11 villagers on Wednesday, residents said, as authorities pressed on with a tank-led assault that has driven thousands of refugees across the northwest border with Turkey.
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Displacement, Government, Ground Assault, Gunfire, Middle-East, Syria, Targeted Death, Turkey, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Middle-East, Syria, Syrian unrest, Turkey on June 29, 2011 |
VOA News | June 29, 2011
Syrian rights activists say government troops have attacked several villages in the country’s northwest, killing at least four civilians as part of a months-long crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Government, Gunfire, Middle-East, Military, Protesters, Syria, Targeted Death, Turkey, tagged Bashar al-Assad, citizen unrest, civilian, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, EU sanctions, Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Middle-East, military forces, refugees, Syria, Syrian unrest, Turkey on June 24, 2011 |
BBC News | June 24, 2011
At least 10 people are said to have died in renewed protests across Syria against President Bashar al-Assad.
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Middle-East, Property Damage, Refugee Camps, Syria, Targeted Death, Turkey, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, middle, refugees, Syrian unrest, Turkey on June 19, 2011 |
The Independent | Kim Sengupta in Idlib province | June 19, 2011
The houses looked abandoned, windows and doors locked, a broken shutter clattering in the wind. Then, one by one, they began to appear from their hiding places, mainly women and children, a few elderly people. The residents of this village had learned to their cost that being caught unawares in this violent conflict could have lethal consequences. (more…)
