Bashar al-Assad

Free Syrian Army leaders claim they are moving closer to the action to take on Assad more effectively.

Swiss inquiry reveals that grenades pictured in newspapers were originally shipped to the UAE in 2004.

President tells Egyptian magazine that rebels 'are not popular within society... they will not be victorious in the end'.

Assad's regime has made it clear that Brahimi will not succeed unless the outside world stops supporting the rebels.

A wounded rebel fighter and a nurse fall in love and tie the knot.

Bombers target military Army General Staff Headquarters in heart of Damascus.

Rockets fired by war planes kill more than 60 people on the outskirts of Damascus.

Death toll of up to 600 would represent bloodiest massacre of 17-month uprising.

Anti-Assad activists say scores of bodies found dumped in a mosque near the capital Damascus.

Syria warns of spreading of violence across the region in case of a US military intervention.

Chemical weapons movement would be a 'red line' for president that would change everything.

As the monitors' mission comes to an end, UN plans to establish a liaison office in Damascus to extend its presence.

Two-thirds majority needed for the 57-member Islamic body to expel Syria.

Syrian forces are targeting young rebels and executing them in a bid to stop the uprising.

Sustained bombardment rains down on Syria's second city while Iran plans diplomatic conference.

Images show hundreds of craters

Various districts in Damascus, Aleppo and Homs under heavy attack as 150 people are killed across the country.

Assad forces hit back against rebels in Aleppo and Damascus as civilian death toll mounts.

Resolution criticises President Bashar al-Assad for using heavy weapons in Damascus and Aleppo.

UN General Assembly set to vote on new proposals against President Bashar al-Assad's regime - but reports suggest the new draft has been watered down.

Syrian regime deploys tanks, helicopter gunships and aircraft along with scores of troops in Aleppo.

Further exodus expected following departure of more than 150 observers.

Ambassadors to Cyprus and the UAE abandon Assad's regime and flee to Qatar.

The Syrian regime has five chemical agents plants and several dozen additional storage sites some of which are in hardened bunkers.

Violent clashes between Syrian rebels and the regime's forces have now reached Aleppo.

Fighting continues in Damascus, with government troops withdrawing in several areas.

UN observers say the attack appears to have been aimed at specific rebel groups and army defectors.

After bombing the region from helicopters, Syrian forces reportedly carried out execution-style killings slaughtering women and children.

Syria's ambassador to Iraq, Nawaf al-Fares, becomes the first top diplomat to defect from Bashar al-Assad's government delivering a major blow to the discredited regime.

Clinton says Syrian rebels are becoming more effective in their fight against the Assad regime.