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Syrian Army Syrian government forces assaulted the city of Hama to crack down on the opposition, leading to the deaths of up to 200 civilians. [15] Darayya massacre: 20–25 August 2012 Darayya, Rif Dimashq: 320 [16] –500 [17] Syrian Army Many people were killed in a five-day Army assault on the town, which the rebel army had surrendered . [4]
The Syrian government claimed that more than 80 people were killed by Islamist rebels, with the most of them being civilians. [ 95 ] Between 15 and 28 December, activists accused the Syrian government of launching helicopter attacks with barrel bombs [ 96 ] against rebel-held areas of Aleppo, leaving 517 people dead, including 151 children, 46 ...
Al-Jalali announced in a social media video that he planned to stay in Damascus and cooperate with the Syrian people while expressing hope that Syria could become "a normal country" and begin to engage in diplomacy with other nations. [24] [25] Jalali also expressed his readiness to "extend its hand" to the opposition. [26]
Syrian government forces shelled a northwestern village Saturday killing at least 10 people, including seven children, as they picked olives, a paramedic group and relatives of the victims said.
A web of Syria's neighbors and countries around the world have backed either Assad's government or various rebel opposition groups to varying degrees. Syria's war: How barbarity, confusion and ...
The Syrian government fell early Sunday after rebels entered the capital of Damascus, ending the Assad family’s 50-year rule in the war-torn country. The rebels’ victory concluded a 10-day ...
A UN report confirmed this, saying soldiers had used children as young as eight, detaining and killing children afterwards. The UN added the Syrian Government as one of the worst offenders on its annual "list of shame". [46] In May 2012, Al Arabiya aired leaked footage of a man being tortured in a government detention centre in Kafranbel. [47]
According to the Syrian government and state media, the blasts were caused by two suicide car bombs. It reported that 28 people were killed (24 members of the security forces and four civilians) and 235 wounded. Jabhat al-Nusra claimed responsibility. [3] The scene at Saadallah Al-Jabiri Square in Aleppo after the attacks on 3 October 2012