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.
Posts Tagged ‘Syria’
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 |
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: Syrian Tanks Launch Fresh Attack on City of Hama
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Gunfire, Middle-East, Military, Property Damage, Protesters, Syria, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, United Kingdom, United States, tagged Basha al-Assad, Civilian Casualties, EU, Protesters, Russia, security forces, Syria, Syrian unrest, United Kingdom, United States on August 1, 2011 |
BBC | August 1, 2011
Syrian troops backed by tanks have renewed attacks on the city of Hama on the second day of a crackdown on anti-government protesters, activists say.
SYRIA: Dozens Killed as Syrian Forces Storm Restive Cities
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Ground Assault, Gunfire, Middle-East, Military, Property Damage, Protesters, Syria, Targeted Death, tagged Bashar al-Assad, government forces, Middle-East, Protesters, Syria, Syrian unrest on July 31, 2011 |
The New York Times | Nada Bakri & Anthony Shadid | July 31, 2011
Syrian military and security forces stormed Hama and other restive cities before dawn on Sunday, killing at least 75 people in what appeared to mark the fiercest crackdown yet by the government of President Bashar al-Assad on the four-month old uprising against his rule, activists and residents there said.
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.
