Sunday, 17 June 2012

Live blog on developments in Syria


June 17, 2012  
 

 20:43 Sunday’s death toll in Syria has risen to 48 people, Al-Jazeera television quoted the Syrian Network for Human Rights as saying.


 19:51 The opposition Syrian National Council issued a cry for help Sunday to save Homs and other cities from attacks by President Bashar al-Assad's regime, and repeated its call for UN intervention.


 18:44 Sunday’s death toll in Syria has risen to 43 people, Al-Arabiya television quoted the Local Coordination Committees as saying.


 16:46 More than 300 shells struck Homs’ Rastan on Sunday, Al-Arabiya television quoted activists as saying.


 14:25 Syrian security forces launched air raids on the villages of Aako and Taouma in the Latakia district, Al-Jazeera quoted activists as saying on Sunday.


 11:05 Syria's main opposition group was "surprised" by the UN observer mission's suspension, it said on Saturday, calling on the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution under Chapter VII to arm the monitors.


 10:57 Syrian troops besieged several districts of the central city of Homs on Sunday, a day after violence across the country cost at least 69 lives, a watchdog reported.


 10:50 Syrian security forces killed 11 people on Sunday, Al-Jazeera quoted activists as saying.


 7:28 Syrian security forces thwarted an infiltration attempt by an armed Lebanese group in Homs’ Tal Kalakh, Al-Manar television reported.

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