Qatar Emir: Syrian people will not turn back on their demands

Qatar’s emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani said Monday that Syrians are determined to keep protesting against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime despite a deadly crackdown. (more…)

More protests and arrests in Syria, report

Al-Arabiya quoted activists as saying “the Syrian security forces are conducting arrests in Damascus’ neighborhood of Rokeneddine (more…)

Thousands are protesting in Tripoli against the Syrian crackdown

Thousands of people started protesting following the evening prayer in Tripoli , north Lebanon in support of the pro-democracy protests in Syria and against the brutal crackdown by the forces of Syrian president Bashar al Assad (more…)

Syrian security forces and protesters clash

Syrian security forces fired on protesters in at least three Syrian cities Friday, according to a human rights group, while state media reported that a “terrorist attack” damaged an oil pipeline in a fourth. (more…)

Iran-Syria Aid Could Be In The Billions, report

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backs offering $5.8 billion in aid to Syria to bolster its economy, a French newspaper said Friday, citing a report by a Tehran think-tank linked to Iran’s leadership. (more…)

Syria denounces Clinton’s remarks on Assad as “provocative”

Syria denounced on Tuesday a statement by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in which she said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had lost legitimacy and was “not indispensable.”

“Syria strongly condemns the statements of the American foreign minister … these remarks are provocative and aim at continuing the internal tension (more…)

Clinton: Assad lost legitimacy after mob attacks embassy

A mob attack on the U.S. embassy in Damascus pushed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to say Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has lost legitimacy, a pronouncement the Obama administration had been reluctant to make in four months of anti-regime protests.

“From our perspective, he has lost legitimacy. He has failed to (more…)

Syrian FM summons US , French envoys over Hama visit

The Syrian foreign ministry summoned the French and US ambassadors on Sunday to deliver a “strong protest” over their visit to the flashpoint central city of Hama last week, state media said. (more…)

Protestets in Syria against regime’s dialogue process

Syrian protesters taking to the streets again Friday are highlighting their opposition to a government-backed dialogue process in the latest display of grinding discontent across the angry Arab land. (more…)

Four protesters killed in Syria including Damascus

Four people were reportedly killed by security forces during protests on Friday including one in Damascus according to Reuters .

For the second time this month more than half a million people participated in the city of Hama ( population about 700, 000) protests against the Syrian regime this Friday. (more…)