Saturday, 8 October, 2011 , 11:42 AFP — The European Union's foreign policy chief on Saturday firmly condemned the murder of a Kurdish opposition leader in Syria, and reiterated concern over Damascus' repression of pro-democracy protests.

Saturday, 8 October, 2011 , 11:42 AFP — Syrian security forces killed at least two people when they opened fire on 50,000 people at the funeral of assassinated Kurdish opposition figure Meshaal Tamo on Saturday, activists said.

Saturday, 8 October, 2011 , 11:06 AFP — The European Union's foreign policy chief on Saturday firmly condemned the murder of a Kurdish opposition leader in Syria, and reiterated its concern over Damascus' repression of pro-democracy protests.

Saturday, 8 October, 2011 , 10:56 AFP —

Saturday, 8 October, 2011 , 10:25 AFP — Syrian security forces opened fire at the funeral of assassinated Kurdish opposition leader Meshaal Tamo on Saturday, killing one person and wounding others, activists said.

Saturday, 8 October, 2011 , 10:13 AFP — Syrian security forces opened fire at the funeral of assassinated Kurdish opposition leader Meshaal Tamo on Saturday, killing one person and wounding several others, activists said.

Saturday, 8 October, 2011 , 09:52 AFP — Fifty thousand Syrians rallied against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday during the funeral of Meshaal Tamo, a Kurdish opposition figure slain the previous day, activists said.

Saturday, 8 October, 2011 , 09:23 AFP —

Saturday, 8 October, 2011 , 02:04 AFP — A top Kurdish activist and 16 other people were killed Friday as thousands rallied in support of a new opposition front, activists said, as Washington called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to "step down now".

Friday, 7 October, 2011 , 21:38 AFP — France on Friday condemned the Syrian regime's "brutal violence" in its crackdown on the opposition and said it was "shocked by the murder of prominent Kurdish opposition figure Mechaal Tamo.