A Syrian peace plan brokered by the Arab League unravelled tonight as security forces killed 15 people, opening fire on thousands of protesters who denounced President Bashar Assad and said he never intended to hold up his end of the deal to end the violence.

Syrian security forces killed at least seven people today after thousands of protesters took to the streets, activists say.

Security forces opened fire at tens of thousands of mourners who turned out for the funeral of a slain Kurdish opposition leader in north-eastern Syria today, killing at least two people, activists said.

Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters in several parts of the country today, killing at least eight people and wounding scores, while masked gunmen burst into an apartment in the predominantly Kurdish north-east and shot dead one of Syria’s most prominent opposition figures.

Clashes between Syrian troops and army defectors in the country’s north west killed four people today, while gunmen shot dead a political activist in the latest in a wave of targeted killings in a rebellious central city, activists said.

Syrian troops killed at least 17 people today in raids on anti-government protesters, activists said.

At least four people are reported dead as Syrian security forces pounded the city of Hama with tank shells and opened fire on protesters who streamed onto the streets across the country.

Dozens of people have been reported killed since the weekend in a restive Syrian city where witnesses and activists reported intense shooting overnight.

Syrian troops backed by tanks have entered a town near the border with Lebanon and are carrying out a campaign of arrests, according to activists.

Syrian security forces opened fire in the central city of Hama injuring an Olympic boxing champion and at least 20 others as the government drive continued to crush pro-democracy uprising activists.

Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded cities around Syria today – in what activists described as the largest outpouring against the regime of President Bashar Assad – and at least 14 people were killed in clashes, activists said.

Six people were reported killed as hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in cities around Syria.

Nineteen people have been reported killed as Syrian army forces spread through a restive mountainous area near the Turkish border.

Defying government guns, thousands of Syrian protesters poured down city streets and a main highway today to press demands for President Bashar Assad’s ousting.

At least seven people have been reported shot dead when Syrian security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters.

Activists say Syrian troops are tightening their grip on villages near the Turkish border, setting up checkpoints and making dozens of arrests.

SYRIAN troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships have taken over a north-western town days after laying siege to it.

Syrian security forces have shot dead eight people – including a 16-year-old boy – during anti-government protests, reports say.

Syrian troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships have taken over a north-western town days after laying siege to it, activists said today.

SYRIAN security forces have made sweeping arrests, randomly detaining males above the age of 16 in a north-western province.

Syrian security forces have made sweeping arrests, randomly detaining males above the age of 16 in a north-western province, reports say.

Syrians ran for their lives today as elite army units swept through a northern province, expanding a deadly operation to crush signs of dissent against President Bashar Assad.

Syrian tanks pushed toward more towns and villages near the Turkish and Iraqi borders today, expanding the government crackdown against rebels.

Syrian tanks were reported to be pushing toward more towns and villages near the border with Turkey today.

Syrian army troops and tanks moved into a restive north western city from two sides today, extending the crackdown on a region that is historically hostile the Damascus regime.

Syrian tanks and elite troops were today heading to a northern area ahead of a possible attack on a town where soldiers reportedly joined an anti-government uprising.

A government crackdown on two Syrian towns in the country’s centre and south killed at least 33 people, including an 11-year-old girl shot dead by troops during a fierce shelling, activists have said.

Syrian troops bombarded a town in the central province of Homs with artillery today, causing several casualties a day after nine people were killed in a continuing crackdown in the country’s turbulent heartland, activists said.

SYRIAN government troops backed by tanks yesterday attacked two central towns that have seen intense protests against President Bashar Assad’s regime, while security forces opened fire at demonstrators in several parts of the country causing casualties, activists said.

The Syrian Security forces crackdown on protesters in different parts of the country left at least 44 people dead yesterday, making it one of the deadliest days since an uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime began two months ago, a rights group said today.

Thousands of Syrians defied an unrelenting government crackdown and flooded the streets across the country to buttress their two-month uprising against the country’s authoritarian regime.

Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters around the country today, activists said.

Syrian security forces have opened fire on thousands of protesters killing at least one as soldiers tried to head off demonstrations by occupying mosques and blocking public squares, activists say.

Syrian soldiers and tanks carrying out a nationwide crackdown on regime opponents are reported to have surrounded the city of Hama.

More than 200 members have quit Syria’s ruling Baath party to protest at President Bashar Assad’s brutal crackdown on opponents, a human rights activist says.

Gunfire and sporadic explosions rattled Daraa today after the Syrian army sent in more tanks and reinforcements as part of a widening crackdown.