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Syria protests spurred by economic misery stir memories of the 2011 anti-government uprising
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAnti-government protests in southern Syria have stretched into a second week, with demonstrators...
Syria protests challenge Assad as he tries to put civil war behind him
CBS News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSyria's Bashar Assad was just welcomed back by the Arab League, but protests echoing the uprising...
Residents in southern Syria raid ruling party offices, block road as protests over economy intensify
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAngry protesters raided the local offices of the ruling Baath party in a southern Syrian province...
2011 Africa and Middle East Unrest Fast Facts
CNN via AOL· 12 months agoRead CNN’s 2011 Africa and Middle East Unrest Fast Facts and learn more about the Arab Spring anti-government protests that began in Tunisia in 2010.
3 wounded in southern Syria after shots fired at protesters at ruling party's local headquarters
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSecurity guards from the Syrian president's Baath party on Wednesday fired shots at protesters...
Syria and Iran sign long-term oil and trade agreements
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe presidents of Iran and Syria signed Wednesday a series of long-term cooperation agreements on...
Protests against powerful group persist in Syria's last major rebel stronghold
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMembers of a powerful insurgent group in Syria 's rebel-held northwest fired into the air and beat...
The 2010s were a decade of massive protests. Why did most of them fail?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAnti-government protesters perform Friday prayers at a demonstration in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt,...
UN: More than 300,000 civilians killed in Syria's conflict
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe first 10 years of Syria’s conflict, which started in 2011, killed more than 300,000 civilians,...
Turks protest over government's quake response in stadiums, on streets
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCries of "government resign" rang out from Turkish football stadiums at the weekend as fans...