Posted in Military, Crossfire Injuries, Crossfire Deaths, Targeted Death, Property Damage, Displacement, Ground Assault, Government, Targeted Injury, Bomb, Gunfire, Protesters, Civilian Casualties, Middle-East, Turkey, Shelling, Syria, 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 Military, Crossfire Injuries, Crossfire Deaths, Targeted Death, Property Damage, Displacement, Ground Assault, Government, Targeted Injury, Bomb, Gunfire, Protesters, Civilian Casualties, Middle-East, Grenade, Shelling, Syria, tagged human rights, Civilian Casualties, Middle-East, Iran, India, Russia, United States, Protesters, Syrian unrest, Tukey, South Africa, sanctions, targeted killings on August 9, 2011 |
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.
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, tagged Bashar al-Assad, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Middle-East, Protesters, security forces, Syrian unrest on August 7, 2011 |
REUTERS | Khaled Yacoub Oweis | August 7, 2011
At least 57 Syrian civilians were killed in armoured military assaults by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces on Sunday to crush a five-month uprising against his rule, a grassroots activists’ organisation said.
Posted in Military, United Nations, Crossfire Injuries, Crossfire Deaths, Targeted Death, Property Damage, Displacement, Ground Assault, Government, Targeted Injury, United States, Gunfire, Russia, Protesters, Civilian Casualties, Middle-East, Lebanon, Shelling, Syria, 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 |
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.
Posted in Military, United Nations, Crossfire Injuries, Crossfire Deaths, Targeted Death, Displacement, Ground Assault, Government, Targeted Injury, United States, Gunfire, Russia, Protesters, Civilian Casualties, Middle-East, Shelling, Syria, 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.
