U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that he is alarmed at reports of excessive use of force by government security forces against citizens and continued widespread violations of human rights. Mr. Ban spoke by telephone Wednesday with Mr. Assad, who said military and police operations had stopped. A spokesman for the […]
UN Chief Expresses Alarm to Syrian President
Posted August 18th, 2011 at 12:25 am (UTC-5)
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Syrian Forces Hold Hundreds in Latakia Sports Stadium
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 7:30 pm (UTC-5)
Activists say Syrian security forces have detained hundreds of people in the besieged port city of Latakia, filling a sports stadium because local detention centers were overflowing with prisoners. A London-based Syrian rights group said Wednesday that more than 700 troops raided homes in Latakia’s southern al-Raml district, arresting people on lists. Activists also said […]
Syrian Forces Launch New Raids
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
Activists say Syrian security forces have detained dozens of people in Latakia — a day after the government announced it was withdrawing its military from the port city. State-run media had announced the pullout after a four-day operation to crush dissent. But the activists said there were more arrests Wednesday, with security forces conducting house-to-house […]
Mass Arrests in Besieged Syrian City
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
Activists say Syrian security forces have detained dozens of people in Latakia — a day after the government announced it was withdrawing its military from the port city. State-run media had announced the pullout after a four-day operation to crush dissent. But the activists said there were more arrests Wednesday, with security forces conducting house-to-house […]
Rights Activists Say Syrian Forces Stage Fresh Raids
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
Syrian rights activists say government security forces have carried out fresh raids in several parts of the country, and that a man has been shot dead in a northern village near the Turkish border. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday a bullet killed the man as he stood on a balcony in […]
Syria Says Troops Leave Latakia After 4-Day Crackdown
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 2:45 am (UTC-5)
Syrian state media say government security forces have begun moving out of the port city of Latakia, where rights activists say the troops killed at least 35 people in a four-day crackdown on opposition demonstrators. The state-run SANA news agency said the military has completed its mission and blamed unrest in the city on “terrorist […]
Death Toll Mounts From Syrian Crackdown
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian security forces are using heavy machine gun fire in the port city of Latakia, where President Bashar al-Assad’s government has been cracking down on opposition demonstrators the past four days. Activists and residents say at least five people were killed Tuesday in Latakia. They say security forces have killed at least 35 people in […]
Heavy Gunfire in Besieged Syrian City
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Syrian security forces are using heavy machine gun fire in the port city of Latakia, where a President Bashar al-Assad’s government has been cracking down on opposition demonstrators the past four days. Activists and residents say at least five people were killed Tuesday in Latakia. They say security forces have killed at least 35 people […]
Death Toll Mounts As Syria Pounds Coastal City
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
Syrian security forces are pounding the port city of Latakia for a fourth straight day as part of the government’s widening crackdown on dissent. Activists and residents say at least five people were killed Tuesday in Latakia. They say security forces have killed at least 35 people in the city since Saturday. A U.N. agency […]
UN Agency Says 10,000 Refugees ‘Disappeared’ from Syrian Camp
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
A U.N. agency says as many as 10,000 Palestinians have “disappeared” after fleeing a refugee camp in the Syrian port city of Latakia, where government security forces have carried out days of deadly attacks. U.N. Relief and Works Agency Spokesman Christopher Gunness told VOA Tuesday the refugees fled the camp Monday under heavy gunfire and […]
