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Your timeline is nonsense. It doesn´t mention that the "protestors" were armed and fired at both peaceful demonstrators and security personnel. It doesn´t mention the Islamist terrorist nature of the "rebels". It doesn´t mention that the terrorist use chemical weapons but only reports that the government was accused of the use of chemical weapons. The timeline is a propaganda production.
Of course you are delusional and an Assad propagandist. Assad is a brutal dictator who has used his own military to slaughter his own people in order to stay in power. And it is because his neighbors and the West let Assad get away with this behavior, it gave rise to ISIS.
Timeline of Syria s raging war - Al Jazeera English
Timeline of Syria's raging war
Key events in conflict that so far claimed the lives of more than 150,000 people and displaced half the population.
09 Aug 2014 06:54 GMT | Politics, Human Rights, Syria, Humanitarian crises, Bashar al-Assad
- The Syrian conflict has been growing in intensity and scope for more than three years. An estimated 150,000 people have died since the uprising began in March 2011.
More than two million people have left the country, fleeing fighting between government forces and opposition fighters.
Here are some of the key events in the conflict:
2011: Protests, crackdown and condemnation
March: Protests are held in different parts of the country, inspired by other popular uprisings across the Arab world. The military cracks down on protesters in Damascus, Banias and Deraa, cradle of the uprising where 100 people are reportedly killed on the 23rd.
April: President Bashar al-Assad vows to crush what he called "terrorists". Protests calling for the downfall of the regime spread and strengthen. The crackdown intensifies. Hundreds are killed.
Syrians in their thousands took to the streets nationwide for the to demand an end to Assad's rule [Reuters]
May: The US imposes sanctions on Assad and senior Syrian officials for human rights abuses.
June: Details emerge of a mutiny by Syrian soldiers in the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour, where 120 troops were killed, according to the government.
August: After days of ferocious assault on the city of Hama, the epicenter of anti-regime protests, hundreds are left dead by Syrian security forces backed by tanks and snipers. The US, Britain, France and Germany and the European Union demand that Assad resign, saying he is unfit to lead.
The Syrian National Council is formed, the first opposition coalition of diverse groups seeking an end to Assad's rule. The body a year later becomes part of a supposedly more encompassing Syrian National Coalition.
October: Russia and China veto a European-backed UN Security Council resolution that threatens sanctions against Syria if it doesn’t immediately halt its military crackdown against civilians.US pulls its ambassador out of Syria. The Arab League votes to suspend Syria’s membership.
November: The Arab League overwhelmingly approves sanctions against Syria to pressure Damascus to end the crackdown, an unprecedented move against an Arab state.
December: Back-to-back car bombs near Syria’s intelligence agencies in Damascus kill at least 44 in the first major attack in the heart of the capital. Syria’s state-run TV blames al-Qaeda fighters.
Syrian security forces open fire on thousands of anti-government protesters in the central city of Hama, one day ahead of a visit by Arab League observers on a mission to end the crackdown.
2012: Massacres as international diplomacy fails
January: The Arab League halts its observer mission in Syria because of escalating violence.
Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria, announces its creation. Since then it has been described as "one of the most effective rebel forces" in Syria. The group has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the UN, US, UK, Australia and Turkey.
February:Russia and China veto a resolution in the UN Security Council that backs an Arab League plan calling for Assad to step down. The diplomatic development came a day after hundreds of casualties were reported in a major assault by government forces on Homs’ Khalidiyah district.
After months of fierce military assaults and rebel ambushes in Homs, Assad troops regain control of the central city [Reuters]
Syria holds referendum on a new constitution, a gesture by Assad to placate the opposition. The West dismisses the vote as a sham.
March: Syrian troops take control of shattered Bab Amr in Homs after a government assault that raged for weeks. The main opposition group, the Syrian National Council, forms a military council to organise and unify all armed resistance.
April: Syria promises to comply with a UN-brokered ceasefire but carves out an important condition - that the regime still has a right to defend itself against terrorists that it says are behind the uprising. The agreement ultimately fails to hold.
May: A massacre in Houla village in Homs leave more than 100 killed, nearly half of them children. The UN Human Rights Council later releases a report accusing Assad’s forces and pro-government militiamen of war crimes during the bloodbath.
June: UN observers suspend patrols in Syria due to escalating violence.
July: A blast at the National Security building in Damascus kills the defence minister and his deputy, who is also Assad’s brother-in-law, and wounds the interior minister. Rebels claim responsibility.
July: Syria threatens to unleash chemical and biological weapons if the country faces a foreign attack, the country’s first acknowledgement that it possesses weapons of mass destruction.
August: Kofi Annan announces his resignation as UN-Arab League envoy to Syria after failing to broker a ceasefire.
Obama says US will reconsider its opposition to military involvement in Syria if Assad’s regime deploys or uses chemical or biological weapons, calling such action a "red line" for the US.
November: Syrian anti-government groups strike a deal to form the Syrian National Coalition, a new opposition leadership that will include representatives from the country’s disparate factions fighting to topple Assad’s regime, responding to repeated calls from their Western and Arab supporters to create a cohesive and representative leadership.
2013: Chemical attack and rebel infighting
January: A defiant Assad blames "murderous criminals" for violence in Syria, ignores international demands to step down and pledges to continue the battle "as long as there is one terrorist left" in Syria.
April:The leader of the self-declared Jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, released a recorded audio message, in which he announces that Jabhat al-Nusra was an extension of al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria. The leader of al-Nusra, Abu Mohammad al-Joulani, refuses the merger. Divisions and infighting among the ranks of the self-labelled jihadists emerge.
Syrian activists accused Assad's forces of launching a chemical attack that killed hundreds of people[Reuters]
May: The European Union ends its embargo on sending weapons to help Syrian rebels.
June: Obama authorises sending weapons to Syrian rebels after White House discloses that US has conclusive evidence Assad’s government used chemical weapons on a small scale against opposition forces.
August: The Assad regime is accused of using chemical weapons in the Damascus suburbs to kill hundreds of civilians, including many children as they slept. The government denies using chemical weapons.
Obama says he has decided the United States should take military action against Syria. But the president says he will seek congressional authorisation for the use of force.
September: A possible diplomatic solution to avoid a US military strike arose when Syria welcomed a suggestion to move all of the country’s chemical weapons under international control. UN Security Council unanimously adopts a resolution requiring the Syrian regime to dismantle its chemical weapons arsenal.
October: Officials from OPCW arrive in Damascus to monitor the dismantling of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal.
2014: Failed peace attempts and presidential election
January: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convenes the first round of peace talks in Geneva involving the Syrian government and Syrian National Coalition.
February:A second round of the Geneva talks is held; representatives of government and opposition fail to agree on agenda; Joint Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi apologises to the Syrian people for lack of progress in the talks. He resigns in May.
June: Syria holds a presidential election in government-held areas. More than one person could stand as a presidential candidate for the first time since the Assad family came to power more four decades ago.
The establishment of a new "caliphate" was announced by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi named as caliph. The group formally changed its name to "Islamic State".
July: The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Syria allowing aid convoys to go into rebel-held areas without government approval.
UN accuses Syrian rebels of chemical weapons use - Telegraph
While all the evidences needed to prove that the "rebels" are murderous terrorists are available online with minimal research, people like you keep blaming the government following your government´s sinister agenda.
Nah, the people of Syria were protesting against a dictator and their basic human rights, and Assad told his tanks to open fire on civilians. Just how much are they paying you for this bullshit propaganda? You're about as bad as the Hamas propagandists. That pig won't fly.
Syria Conflict Timeline: 34 Months of Civil War
By Ludovica IaccinoJanuary 22, 2014 09:51 GMT
Men help a wounded boy who survived what activists say was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of DamascusReuters
The Syria conflict erupted in 2011, following the wave of uprisings known as "Arab Spring" that spread throughout the Middle East overthrowing regimes that had last for decades.
Syria Peace Talks: 25 Powerful Images of the Conflict
Some 30 countries are sending their envoys to Geneva to attend the second session of the peace conference aimed at ending the conflict.
Meanwhile, photographic evidence of alleged widespread torture by the Syrian government made headlines worldwide.
After 34 months of civil war, more than 100,000 people are dead, 9.5m are left uprooted and there appears no end in sight to the fighting.
IBTimesUK looks at the main key events of the conflict.
March 2011: Protestors take to the street demanding democratic reforms and the release of some teenagers, who had been imprisoned and tortured for having drawn Arab Spring inspired anti-political graffiti.
22 April 2011: The beginning of serious violence and one of the bloodiest days of the Syrian revolution, as over 100 people are killed by security forces during the "Great Friday protest", according to rights groups.
In an attempt to suppress the movement, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad banned foreign journalists from the country and anyone attempting to film or otherwise report on events since mid-March has been subject to arrest and torture by the security forces.
July 2011: The Free Syrian Army group is formed and aims to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime.
August 2011: Syria is sliding into civil war. At least 1,583 civilians and 369 members of the army and security forces have been killed since mid-March.
Western powers condemn the violence.
November 2011: The Arab League suspend Syria from its meetings and impose sanctions against Damascus over its failure to end a government crackdown on protesters.
Syrian officials reject the new sanctions imposed on the country by the Arab League and accuse foreign countries of a conspiracy.
December 2011: Some 200 people are killed by Syrian security forces in the hills and villages of the north-western province of Idlib. Most of those killed were reportedly army defectors.
UN links Assad to war crimes, but Assad denies responsibility for the brutal crackdown led by Syrian troops on protesters.
The estimated death toll of the conflict is raised to 125,835 by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The government releases 755 people detained during the protests against President Assad.
January 2012: General Mustafa Ahmad al-Sheikh defects to join the Free Syrian Army.
February 2012: US shuts embassy and withdraw all diplomats as bloody violence escalates.
March 2012: The total number of registered refugees in Turkey has reached 14,000.
10 May 2012: Two powerful explosions kill dozens in Damascus. The government and anti-regime forces blame each other for the attacks.
25 May 2012: Hundreds, most of which women and children, are killed in in the Houla region near Homs, in one of the worst massacres since the beginning of the conflict.
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and special envoy Kofi Annan issue a joint statement strongly condemning the attack.
The Syrian government releases another 500 political detainees in an attempt to show a commitment to Kofi Annan's plan to end violence.
June 2012: International Committee of Red Cross warns of humanitarian crisis facing thousands who fled Houla massacre and urge help.
A massacre allegedly by the Syrian security forces and Assad loyalists in Hama kills 70.
Amnesty International accuses UN Security Council of dithering while Syrian regime acts with impunity.
July-August 2012: Manaf Tlas, a general from a Sunni family close to the Assads, flees Syria.
A massacre in Hama kills more than 220 people; PM Riyad Hijab defects to join the revolution; Human Rights Watch documents a series of bombings in Aleppo.
A man carries a wounded child who survived what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad in the Al-Maysar neighbourhood of AleppoReuters
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October 2012: Syria agrees to ceasefire. US and Russian-Made Weapons raise conflict stakes.Clashes are reported across the country after a four-day truce is agreed.
December 2012: Assad warns about rebels using chemical weapons.
At least 90 people are killed in a government strike in Hama province.
January 2013: Forces loyal to Assad storm a small village killing 37 civilians.
100 people are killed in the village of Haswiya.
Assad gives "final orders" to commanders if he is assassinated.
March 2013: Activist group records 6,005 deaths.
Syria accused by IDF Official of Using Chemical Weapons
May 2013: Opposition activists say more than 200 men, women and children were killed in what they said was a brutal sectarian attack and one of the worst massacres of the war.
UN publishes claims that rebel troops, not regime forces, deployed banned chemical.
EU ends arm embargo on Syrian opposition group
June–July 2013: Rebels attacked the village of Hatla in eastern Syria, killing at least 60 Shia Muslim residents.
Rebels captured the northern town of Khan al-Assal, allegedly killing 150 government soldiers.
August 2013: Rebels carrying out a military offensive near Latakia killed as many as 190 civilians, according to Human Rights Watch.
Activists believe that more than 500 people lost their lives in an attack on the Ghouta agricultural belt around Damascus.
Iran and Russia oppose US and Britain intervention against Damascus.
September 2013: Assad warns US strike will Spark Middle East conflict
The number of people displaced by Syria's civil war has passed two million.
Syrian refugee children sit on boxes of humanitarian aid before its distribution by volunteers of the Bulgarian Red CrossReuters
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January 2014: UN stops updating the death toll in Syria conflict, as it can no longer verify the sources of information.
Geneva 2 peace conference begins
Lead-head will never understand till he takes that helmet off and actually listen to the syria people.
In sharp contrast to the anti-Syrian agenda driven terrorist supporters I do. Here, listen:
"The data, relayed to NATO over the last month, asserted that 70 percent
of Syrians support the Assad regime. Another 20 percent were deemed neutral and the remaining 10 percent expressed support for the rebels."
NATO data Assad winning the war for Syrians hearts and minds - World Tribune World Tribune
You are aware that was almost two years ago????
Ironically that is about the time al-nusra began growing in support.
You really refuse to believe that there could be so much descent against the assad regime. You are grasping at lies to convince yourself that syrias could not have wanted to end the assad rule or wanted an opposition government to replace him.
