Throughout the uprising Syrians have continued to hold demonstrations against the regime, denouncing the crimes committed by the authorities, despite the bloody crackdownReuters
Throughout the uprising Syrians have continued to hold demonstrations against the regime, denouncing the crimes committed by the authorities, despite the bloody crackdownReuters'Down with Bashar' says the graffiti. The uprising started a year ago in the city of Daraa after a group of children were arrested and tortured because they had been caught scribbling anti-regime graffiti.ReutersThe government’s forces have been accused of indiscriminate shelling and bombarding of cities in SyriaReutersProtests often take place after funerals of people killed by the regimeReutersPro-Assad rallies have been organised since the beginning of the uprising, most of them in the capital DamascusReutersHundreds of images of slaughtered civilians, including children, have been uploaded in the year of bloodshedReutersThousands of Syrian refugees have poured over the border into Turkey and Lebanon to escape the terror. A young refugee settles into a new life at a camp in Boynuyogun, Turkey.ReutersIn Binsh, soldiers in the Free Syrian Army hold aloft pictures of fallen rebels and civiliansReutersBoys in the devastated city of Homs, which crumbled after a ferocious month-long onslaught by Assad's army, play with toy gunsReuters
The first anniversary of the Syrian uprising has been marked by more bloodshed.
As thousands of pro-Assad supporters took to the streets in Damascus in support of their embattled president, activists said Syrian troops had fired on crowds trying to stage a protest in Idlib.
The Syrian army has moved into the province in the northwest of the country in the last few days, clashing with defectors who have joined the Free Syrian Army.
On the first anniversary of the uprising, activists reported more atrocities including the discovery of 23 bodies near Idlib , some of them bearing signs of torture.
Despite the death of more than 7,500 Syrians and a year-long crackdown by the regime, protesters have vowed to continue their push to get Assad out and to establish a democratic regime.
