BBC | August 9, 2011
Syrian security forces have continued operations to crush protesters, even as the Turkish foreign minister pressed President Basharal-Assad to stop them.
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SYRIA: Turkey Presses Assad to End Crackdown
Posted in Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Displacement, Government, Grenade, Ground Assault, Gunfire, Middle-East, Military, Property Damage, Protesters, Shelling, Syria, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, tagged Civilian Casualties, human rights, India, Iran, Middle-East, Protesters, Russia, sanctions, South Africa, Syrian unrest, targeted killings, Tukey, United States on August 9, 2011 |
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.
SYRIA: Syria Forces Kill Eight in Kanaker Raid – Rights Groups
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Government, Middle-East, Military, Night Raid, Police, Protesters, Syria, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, tagged arrests, Bashar al-Assad, civilians wounded, demonstrators, human rights, Middle-East, night raid, Protesters, Ramadan, Syria, Syrian unrest on July 27, 2011 |
BBC News | July 27, 2011
Syrian security forces have killed at least eight people in a raid on the town of Kanaker near the capital, Damascus, rights groups say.
SYRIA: Syrian Forces Raid Homs, Hama
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Government, Gunfire, Middle-East, Military, Night Raid, Protesters, Shelling, Syria, Targeted Death, tagged arrests, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, demonstrators, hezbollah, human rights, Lebanon, Middle-East, military raids, opposition figures, protestors, protests, security forces, Shiite, shooting, sunni, Syria, Syrian unrest on July 11, 2011 |
REUTERS | Khaled Yacoub Oweis | July 11, 2011
Syrian forces killed at least one civilian and injured 20 in Homs on Monday during the heaviest raids on the city since troops deployed there two months ago to crush dissent against President Bashar al-Assad, residents said.
LIBYA: Libyan attacks on Misrata may be war crimes-UN
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Clusters/Mines, Government, Libya, Middle-East, NGOs, United Nations, tagged Civilian Casualties, cluster munitions, human rights, Human Rights Watch, humanitarian law, United Nations, war crimes on April 20, 2011 |
Reuters
April 20, 2011
The Libyan government’s reported use of cluster munitions and heavy weapons in Misrata has caused substantial civilian casualties and may amount to crimes under international law, the United Nations said on Wednesday. (more…)
