Damascus -- Security forces continued their bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations on Friday after protesters took to the streets in dozens of towns and cities across Syria in flagrant defiance of the regime's deadly campaign of (...)
Damascus -- Hossam looked on the protest scene with excitement and giddy anticipation. A few hundred defiant Syrians had taken to the streets of Jdeideh Artooz, a scruffy little town of a few thousand people located 15km west of the capital (...)
Damascus -- Syrian authorities raided scores of homes on Sunday, arresting dozens of political dissidents in an apparent attempt to dismantle the leadership of the pro-democracy movement sweeping the nation.
Although the figures remain murky, human (...)
Damascus -- A strong military presence remained in place around Damascus on Saturday in the wake of the country's bloodiest day in five weeks of growing unrest. Large turnouts are expected to mourn the scores of victims, which activists say has now (...)
