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BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian boy, who activists say was tortured and killed by security forces, has emerged as a powerful symbol in protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad which have been met with a bloody crackdown. A childhood snapshot of 13-year-old Hamza al-Khatib has been...

(CNN) -- Eight people, including two children, were killed Sunday when Syrian government forces, in tanks and armored personnel carriers, entered several towns in the Homs province in an attempt to quash protests, according to human rights activists. The security forces shelled the town of...

Debabiye, Lebanon (CNN) -- A bloody crackdown by Syrian troops sent four children fleeing their hometown, sometimes crawling across the mountainous terrain between Lebanon and Syria, in a frantic effort to get to safety. They made the exodus without their mother and father and became part of...

(CNN) -- At least four people were killed and dozens more were injured on Saturday when security forces in the restive Syrian city of Homs Saturday greeted anguished mourners with brute force, an activist told CNN. The latest confrontation rattled a country on edge after at least 44 people died...

DARAA, Syria – Thousands called for liberty Thursday in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, defying a deadly government crackdown as they took to the streets in funeral marches for protesters killed by police gunfire, an activist said. Media access to the marches was restricted but an Associated...

-- The United States on Saturday called for the immediate release of a young blogger imprisoned in Syria on espionage charges. "The United States strongly condemns Syria's secret trial of blogger Tal al-Mallouhi, calls for her immediate release, and rejects as baseless allegations of American...