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The visit of the UN envoy Kofi Annan to Damascus this week underscored international concern about the horror being visited on civilians, but no-one, it seems, has an easy way of resolving the deeper issues.
President Bashar al-Assad tells UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan that no political solution is possible in Syria while “terrorist” groups are destabilising the country.
The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, tells Channel 4 News that “horrible acts of torture” are taking place in hospitals in the cities of Homs, Deraa and Hama.
The ICRC says the Red Crescent has begun evacuating women and children from the besieged Syrian city of Homs – and wants all the sick and injured to be allowed to leave “without exceptions”.
Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Rugman travels to rural northern Syria where local villagers have joined the revolt against the Assad regime. His report contains eyewitness accounts of brutality.
The Arab League presence in Syria fails to stop violence, as activists report shootings and nail bomb attacks by soldiers during mass protests after Friday prayers.
As the Arab League tours Syria to assess whether the regime’s violent nine-month crackdown against protesters has ended, violence flares up across the country.
Alex Thomson
It’s fair to say that the Arab League observers have had a reasonable first day at the office. They have made it to the hotspot of Homs and it is reported that a team will remain in the town overnight, writes Alex Thomson.
Russia takes a stronger tone at the UN by proposing a draft resolution strongly condemning violence by “all sides” in Syria, as major armed clashes continue in the south.
Hundreds of army defectors have reportedly battled President Assad’s forces in southern Syria in one of the biggest armed confrontations yet, after the deaths of 26 people on Sunday.
As the Syrian government’s crackdown continues, a report says 88 protesters have died in custody since April. Human rights groups tell Channel 4 News there is evidence of “horrific cases of torture”.
Reports say government forces in Syria have killed nine protesters, as tens of thousands of demonstrators across the country call on President Assad to step down.
Almost 20,000 Syrians have fled from their homes as government forces continue to mount a bloody crackdown on opponents of President Assad.
As refugees flee the Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour in the face of a concerted military assault, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones writes that the army holds the country’s future in its hands.
Turkey braces itself for a second wave of refugees as Syrian troops, backed by helicopters and tanks, take control of the north west town of Jisr al-Shughour.