Damascus -- When Syria's reform-minded president Bashar al-Assad arrived at the parliament building to speak to the nation on Wednesday there was a palpable sense of excitement.
State television carried pictures of the adoring crowds gathered to (...)
Damascus -- On the streets of Deraa on Thursday, protestors continued to march in the tens of thousands despite a security crackdown that has left at least 44 dead, according to the latest reports, marking one of the bloodiest weeks in Syria in (...)
Damascus -- In the most significant act of defiance in decades against the Ba'athist regime that has ruled Syria for nearly 50 years, thousands took to the streets in the southern city of Deraa after Friday prayers on 18 March chanting “God, Syria (...)
