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People watch Syrian President Bashar al-Assad deliver a live speech in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, 3 June 2012. Assad says his government had nothing to do with the Houla massacre, saying not even "monsters" would carry out such an ugly crime. The speech Sunday marked Assad's first comments on the killings. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
Assad says Syria 'victorious,' rebels overrun Raqa
AFP 05 Mar 2013
President Bashar al-Assad said his regime has conquered the "conspiracy" against it, even as rebels overran...
Syrian army declares conditional Eid ceasefire
Reuters 25 Oct 2012
Syria's army command announced a ceasefire on Thursday to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha but said it...
Nearly 100 killed across Syria on Wednesday, NGO says
AFP 18 Jul 2012
  Nearly 100 people were killed on Wednesday in violence across Syria, including 16 in Damascus, said the Syrian...
Smoke billowing in Homs, Syria
Syrian activists warn of dire conditions in Homs
AP 17 Jun 2012
BEIRUT — Syrian troops intensified shelling of rebel-held neighborhoods in central Homs Sunday, according to...
Shelling kills 18 in cradle of Syrian uprising
Reuters 10 Jun 2012
Eighteen people, including 12 women and children, were killed overnight by shelling in the Syrian town of Deraa, where...
A Syrian rebel runs for cover at the Sunni district of Jabb al-Jandali in Homs, Syria, Monday, 14 May 2012. Syrian troops shelled the rebel-held town, sparking intense clashes that sent bloodied victims flooding into hospitals and clinics, activists said. The violence around the country is eroding an internationally brokered peace plan that many observers see as the last hope to calm the 14-month-old crisis. Arabic writing on the wall is an advertisement. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan)
Syrian forces kill 19, including 7 in Homs, NGO says
AFP 29 May 2012
At least 19 people were killed in violence on Tuesday in Syria, where clashes between regime troops and rebels raged,...
A handout picture made available by a Syrian opposition group, shows bodies laid out on the floor at a make-shift morgue in Bab al-Sebaa, a neighborhood in the restive city of Homs, March 12, 2012 The bodies of 47 women and children were found in the Karm el-Zaytoun and al-Adawiyeh neighborhoods of the besieged Syrian city of Homs, where security forces have been fighting raging battles against armed rebels, the opposition and activists said.
At least 15 civilians 'summarily executed' in Syria's Homs
AFP 16 May 2012
At least 15 civilians were "summarily executed" by regime forces in a neighborhood of the central Syrian city...
Damaged shops are seen along an empty street in Homs February 20, 2012. Syrian government forces killed at least 16 people and wounded some 340 on Tuesday when they unleashed a heavy artillery barrage on a rebel-held district of the city of Homs, activists said
UN Syria observers visit Homs neighborhood
AP 29 Apr 2012
BEIRUT — UN observers struggling to shore up a shaky cease-fire in Syria visited an embattled neighborhood in the...
An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube shows smoke and flames rising from reported shelling by regime forces in the Baba Amr neighborhood in the central city of Homs, February 25, 2012. Syrian troops shelled the rebel stronghold in Homs for the 22nd straight day, after a pause allowed relief workers to evacuate some civilians, monitors said.
Syrian troops shell central city of Homs
AP 20 Apr 2012
BEIRUT — Syrian troops shelled a rebel-held neighborhood and sent reinforcements to border areas as the...
An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube shows smoke and flames rising from reported shelling by regime forces in the Baba Amr neighborhood in the central city of Homs, February 25, 2012. Syrian troops shelled the rebel stronghold in Homs for the 22nd straight day, after a pause allowed relief workers to evacuate some civilians, monitors said.
Activists report shelling in central Syrian city
AP 14 Apr 2012
Syrian troops shelled Saturday two rebel-held neighborhoods in the central city of Homs in an apparent violation of an...