Yes, but russian like to re-write the story ... and like to have a "selective memory" ....
February 2011: given the Arab revolts that develop in parallel, calls the event multiply in Syria. The government intends to initially avoid a crisis by announcing social measures.
March 15: Start of massive demonstrations, especially in Deraa. The next day, four people are killed and hundreds injured by the security forces. This is the beginning of a fierce repression, where the weapon fires live ammunition.
March 23: one hundred demonstrators were killed in Deraa.
The next day, 20,000 people attended the funeral in the streets of the city. On Friday, March 25, demonstrations swarm all over the country. In response, the government of Bashar al-Assad promises reforms.
March 29: The government resign but the Prime Minister Naji Otri, is renewed by Bashar al-Assad, the day after denouncing a "conspiracy" against his regime.
March 31: the regime announced the opening of an investigation into the deaths recorded in Deraa and Latakia the previous two weeks.
April 7: Assad thinks concessions face the challenge naturalizing 300,000 Kurds, who had been deprived of Syrian nationality by a decree in 1962.
April 10: clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Baniyas (northwest) cause the death of 14 people, including nine soldiers. The army deployed armored.
14 April: A new government is formed. Adel Safar Naji Otri succeeded as prime minister. Assad decides the release of all those arrested since the beginning of the movement.
15 April: according to the NGO Amnesty International, at least 200 people have been killed since the start of the protest, a month ago.
April 19: Assad lifted the state of emergency that was in force since 1963. This measure, however, comes a new legislation to "regulate the right to demonstrate peacefully."
April 27: More than 230 members of the Baath party, in power, resigned to protest violence tell civilians.
At the United Nations, a resolution of the Security Council condemning the crackdown was blocked by Russia, which considers that the situation in Syria "does not constitute a threat to international peace and security."May 21: the family of Hamza al-Khatib, a 13-year-old recovered his body mutilated by the armed forces, a video posted on Youtube shows (warning, shocking images). The authorities deny having tortured Hamza, who would they believe died in a shootout with "armed gangs". Whatever, Hamza became the symbol of the Syrian revolt.
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23 May: EU sanctions Assad and nine people around her, freezing their assets and prohibiting the visa for the EU.
May 31: Assad decreed a general amnesty. It does not calm the protesters, who are tens of thousands to take to the streets the next day in the country despite the repression.
June 1: in a report entitled "We have never seen such horror," the NGO Human Rights Watch denounced "crimes against humanity" and "systematic killings and torture by Syrian security forces Deraa. "
June 6: at least 120 members of the Syrian security forces in Jisr al-perish Choughour (northwest). The regime blames "armed groups" while opponents argue and deny that this is a mutiny in the forces of order.
June 12: Syrian army announced that it seized control of Jisr al-Choughour after intense bombing that caused the flight of several thousand people, including Turkey.
June 21: Assad decreed a new amnesty for all crimes committed before June 20. The same day, tens of thousands of supporters of the regime manifested in several cities, including Damascus, Aleppo and Daraa.
July 8:
over 450 000 people (according to the Syrian League for Human Rights) manifest in Hama, in the presence of the US and French ambassadors. In the following days, the embassies of the United States and France are targeted in Damascus.
Who sell the weapons used by Assaad ... ? Russia ...
Who want to keep his military occupation in Syria ? Russia
Who blocked since the start to move of Assaad with a real democratic vote and getting a real opposant speak ? Russia ...
... and why not putting the mess in Middle East -> War there ... => Oil will get price up ...
But of course Russia want the peace ... Russia, which considers that the situation in Syria "does not constitute a threat to international peace and security." ... why now and not before
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