(Reuters) - Here are some of the main events in the uprising in Syria, where the defenseminister was reported killed in a bomb attack on a high-level security meeting on Wednesday: March 15, 2011 - About 40 people join a protest in Old Damascus, chanting political slogans in a brief first challenge to the ruling Baath Party. March 18 - Security forces kill three protesters in southern Deraa ...Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 18 04:25am
- 'Bomb kills' top Syrian ministers
Syria's defence minister, President Assad's brother-in-law and the head of the crisis management office are killed in a suicide bombing, state TV says.BBC News - Jul 17 11:36pm - Syria's defence minister General Daoud Rajha has been killed in a suicide bomb attack, state TV says.
Sky News Australia - Jul 18 07:14am
- This live blog has now ended. For updated coverage on Syria, please see our home page.18:20 UTC: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights tells VOA close to 100 people have been killed in anti-government related unrest across Syria on Wednesday, including 18 in Damascus. The opposition group says 63 civilians and 43 security force members have died. Fourteen deaths occurred in the Daraa region ...
Voice of America - Jul 18 08:06am
- July 18, 2012: In this image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network, Syrians celebrate after hearing about the suicide attack that hit the National Security building in Idlib, north Syria.
Fox News - Jul 18 03:58am
- BEIRUT, July 18 — Syria appointed General Fahad Jassim al-Freij as defence minister, state television said, to replace Daoud Rajha who was killed in a bomb attack today. Freij, who was previously the chief of staff of the armed forces, is from the province of Hama, a centre of unrest in the 16-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. — ...
The Malaysian Insider - Jul 18 06:45am
- Syria's defense minister and President Bashar al-Assad's brother in-law were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Damascus on Wednesday, in the most serious blow to Assad's high command in a 16-month-old revolt.
- Today on Rappler. China will establish a Congress in Sansha, a new city in the disputed South China Sea. A suicide bomb attack in Damascus kills the defense minister of Syria. Hopes dim for the approval of the Reproductive Health bill. Story 1: CHINESE CONGRESS TO RISE IN SOUTH CHINA ...
Rappler.com - Jul 18 06:58am
- Fed chair Bernanke delivers some bad economic news, Nelson Mandela turns 94, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion
- Syria: Rebels claim Damascus bombing, but so does another group. BEIRUT, Lebanon - Two rebel Syrian groups claimed responsibility for an explosion in Damascus on Wednesday that killed several top state officials, hailing it as a successful strike at the heart of the government.
GlobalPost - Jul 18 08:17am
- JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's top defense officials convened for emergency meetings on Wednesday to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Syria, reflecting growing concerns that violence sweepin
Idaho Press-Tribune - 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
- BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's state-run TV says the country's defense minister has been killedin a suicide blast in the capital.
- Syrian president Bashar Assad’s brother-in-law is among the dead after a suicide bombing in Damascus. Russia has accused the West of inciting the Syrian opposition after the attack which also killed the country’s defence minister.
- July 18, 2012, 2:11 p.m. | World — by Associated Press Forensic policemen collect evidence at the site of a suicide bomb attack. © AP BEIRUT — A suicide bomber struck the National Security building in the Syrian capital Wednesday, killing the defense ministerand wounding other senior officials in a brazen attack on the seat of government power, state-run TV said.
KYIV Post - Jul 18 04:08am
- The youngsters, who suffered appalling shrapnel wounds, are pictured being treated at a makeshift hospital in the town of Houla near the flashpoint city of Homs yesterday.
Daily Mail - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
- Syrian Defense Minister Dawoud Rajhah and President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law, a high- ranking government official, were killed in a blast in Damascus today as rebels encroached on the capital. Syrian Defense Minister Dawoud Rajhah and President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law, a high- ranking government official, were killed in a blast in Damascus today as rebels encroached on the ...
Los Angeles Times - Jul 18 06:37am
- The fighting in Damascus is not quite an indication that the Assad government is about to fall. But it is a sign of how balkanized Syria is -- and is likely to be
Time Magazine - Jul 18 03:06am
- The high command of the Army and the armed forces of Syria issued a statement in connection with the blast, which occurred on July 18 near the building of the National Security Service of Syria in Damascus.
Baku Today - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
- Syrian president Bashar Assad’s brother-in-law is among the dead after a suicide bombing in Damascus. Russia has accused the West of inciting the Syrian opposition after the attack which also killed the country’s defence minister.
- BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's rebel commander says his forces carried out an attack in Damascus that killed the defense minister and other regime officials. But he denies it was a suicide bombing.
- (Reuters) - Bombers struck at the heart of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's rule on Wednesday, killing three senior officials. Following are details of significant protests and violence in the capital during the 16-month conflict in Syria: 2011 March 15 - About 40 people joined a protest in Old Damascus, chanting political slogans in a brief first challenge to the ruling Baath Party - the ...
- July 18, 2012, 2:20 p.m. | World — by Reuters Assef Shawkat, brother-in-law of President Bashar al-Assad, was killed in a bomb attack. © AP BEIRUT- Assef Shawkat, brother-in-law of President Bashar al-Assad, was killed in a bomb attack which targeted a meeting of Assad's top security and military officials on Wednesday, Hezbollah's al-Manar television and a security source in Syria said.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attend a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, July 18, 2012.
- Russia accuses West of blackmail on Syria plans
Russia on Monday accused the West of effectively trying to use blackmail to secure a new U.N. Security Council resolution that could allow for the use of outside force to end Syria's civil war.Boston Globe - Jul 16 12:06pm- Russia accuses West of inciting Syrian opposition - Idaho Press-Tribune
- UN schedules vote on new Syria resolution - The Daily Star Lebanon
- Chavez slams Clinton 'overt threats' to Russia, China - Calcutta News
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- Syrian rebels were able to reach top officials of the Assad regime in today's deadly bomb attack. One was a relative of the president.
- A bombing at the National Security Building in Damascus reportedly killed the Syrian Defense Minister and wounded several other officials attending a cabinet meeting. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer reports.
- (CNN) -- A deadly attack on top Syrian officials Wednesday delivered the harshest blow yet to President Bashar al-Assad's regime, bringing the bloodshed into his inner circle, and even his family.
- A bomb ripped through a high-level security meeting Wednesday in Damascus, killing three top regime officials -- including President Bashar Assad's brother-in-law -- in the harshest blow to Syria's ruling family dynasty and the rebels' boldest attack in the country's civil war.
ABC 7 Chicago - Jul 18 08:40am
- Today's assassination of two top government officials in Damascus raises the stakes ofSyria's conflict yet again. Will the UN vote to continue its observer mission, or give it more teeth?
- General Assef Shawkat, who was among the most feared figures in Assad's inner circle, was killed in the blast at the National Security building in Damascus.
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