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Security forces arrest hundreds across Syria
World
May 2, 2011
Security forces arrest hundreds across Syria
Amman -- Syrian security forces going house to house rounded up more people in a clampdown on pro-democracy unrest across…
Syrian army conducts widespread raids, arrests
World
May 2, 2011
Syrian army conducts widespread raids, arrests
Beirut -- A Syrian activist says the army is conducting raids and house arrests in cities and towns across the…
Residents: Many arrests in Syria’s Deraa
World
May 1, 2011
Residents: Many arrests in Syria’s Deraa
Amman -- Syrian authorities are carrying out a wave of arrests in the city of Deraa in their latest move…
Syrians protest from rooftops after army action
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May 1, 2011
Syrians protest from rooftops after army action
Amman -- Women and children in the besieged Syrian city of Deraa chanted "God is greatest against the tyrant" from…
Syrian forces shell restive city, roll in more reinforcements
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May 1, 2011
Syrian forces shell restive city, roll in more reinforcements
Cairo -- Syrian army tanks shelled the old quarter of a city at the heart of the country’s six-week-old uprising…
Syria sends more troops into the heart of the uprising against Assad’s regime
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April 30, 2011
Syria sends more troops into the heart of the uprising against Assad’s regime
Beirut -- Military reinforcements poured into the besieged southern Syrian town of Deraa on Saturday, a day after President Bashar…
Syria’s Assad facing dissent over Deraa crackdown
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April 28, 2011
Syria’s Assad facing dissent over Deraa crackdown
Amman -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad faced dissent within government ranks with more than 200 members of his Baath Party…
Syria opposition demands reform, vows protests
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April 27, 2011
Syria opposition demands reform, vows protests
Beirut -- Syrian opposition figures said Wednesday their "massive grassroots revolution" will break the regime unless President Bashar al-Assad leads…
Special from Syria: Mass raids follow weekend of brutality
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April 25, 2011
Special from Syria: Mass raids follow weekend of brutality
Damascus -- Syrian authorities raided scores of homes on Sunday, arresting dozens of political dissidents in an apparent attempt to…
Witnesses: Syrian forces shoot at anti-Assad protests
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April 22, 2011
Witnesses: Syrian forces shoot at anti-Assad protests
Amman -- Syrian security forces fired at pro-democracy protests which broke out across the country on Friday, witnesses said, as…