Syria Protests

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  "No To Religious Rule": Hundreds Protest For Democracy, Women's Rights In Syria

  In Damascus's Ummayad Square, hundreds gathered Thursday, demanding a democratic state that includes women in public life, marking the first such demonstration since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.

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  Is The 'Writing On The Wall' For Syria's Bashar al-Assad?

  More than 13 years since Bashar al-Assad's security forces opened fire on protesters demanding democratic reforms, the Syrian president's grip on power may finally be weakening.

• Activists Say Bashar Al-Assad Supporters Protest in Syria

  Hundreds of supporters of President Bashar Assad held a rare protest Thursday in Syria against the governor of the central city of Homs after twin bombings there killed 25 children, activists reported.

• Protests erupt over journalists' killing in Syria

  Syrian activists and Lebanese journalists burned the Russian flag at a rally in downtown Beirut on Wednesday evening, in protest over the deaths earlier in the day of two foreign journalists in the besieged Syrian city of Homs.

• West slams Syria over killing of journalists

  Western powers condemned Syria on Wednesday for the killing of two foreign journalists, with Washington slamming the regime's "shameless brutality" and Paris demanding an immediate end to attacks. American war correspondent Marie Colvin of Britain's Sunday Times and freelance French photojournalist Remi Ochlik were killed in the city of Homs in wha...

• Syria uprising: 200 killed, hundreds wounded in government assault

  In a barrage of mortar shells, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said Saturday.

• Syria's president says he won't leave power

  Syrian President Bashar Assad vowed to respond to threats against him with an "iron hand" and refused to step down

• Foreign monitors energise Syrian protests

  The presence of Arab League monitors in Syria has re-energised the anti-government protest movement, with tens of thousands turning out over the past three days in cities and neighborhoods where the observers are expected to visit. The huge rallies have been met by lethal gunfire from security forces apparently worried about multiple mass sit-ins m...

• 'I am not worried' about security, says Syria's President

  Syria's President said on Sunday he was "not worried" about security in his country and warned against any foreign military intervention in a speech designed to portray confidence as the regime comes under blistering international condemnation for its crackdown on dissent.

• Syria unrest: Assad admits 'some mistakes made by security forces'

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has acknowledged to a visiting delegation of envoys from India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) that "some mistakes" had been made by his security forces in tackling the unrest in the country.He assured the IBSA delegation that he is committed to the reform process.The IBSA delegation comprising Additional Secretary ...

• Kuwait follows Saudi in recalling Syria envoy

  Kuwait on Monday decided to recall its ambassador from Damascus, a day after Saudi Arabia took the same step, and announced a Gulf meeting on the bloodshed in Syria."We have decided to recall our ambassador from Syria for consultations," Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed al-Sabah told reporters after meeting a parliamentary committee."No one can acc...

• World media attacking Syria, says Foreign Minister

  Syria is facing international criticism for brutal crackdown on pro democracy protests, but Syrian Foreign Minister Feysel Mekdad in an exclusive interview to NDTV's Maya Mirchandani has said that the government is dealing with violent protests and casualty figures are exaggerated by the media.Here's an excerpt of the interview:NDTV: The question t...

• 30 civilians killed in clashes in Syria's Homs

  At least 30 people were killed in 24 hours in the central Syrian city of Homs in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, a human rights activist said.

• Syrian protesters attack US embassy

  Syrian government supporters smashed windows at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday, raised a Syrian flag and scrawled graffiti calling the American ambassador a "dog" in anger over the envoy's visit last week to an opposition stronghold, witnesses said.French Embassy security guards in the capital fired in the air to hold back supporters of Pre...

• 15 die as Syrians march demanding Assad's ouster

  Defying government guns, thousands of Syrian protesters poured down city streets and a main highway Friday to press demands for President Bashar Assad's ouster. Security forces opened fire, killing at least 15 people, including two children, activists said."Our revolution is strong! Assad has lost legitimacy!" a YouTube video showed protesters chan...