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.

Friday, 7 October, 2011 , 20:14 AFP — A top Kurdish activist and 16 other people were killed in Syria Friday as thousands rallied in support of a new opposition front, activists said, and Washington accused Damascus of escalating attacks on dissidents.

Friday, 7 October, 2011 , 19:13 AFP — A top Kurdish activist and nine other people were killed Friday as thousands rallied in support of a new opposition front, activists said, as Washington accused Syria of escalating attacks on dissidents.

Friday, 7 October, 2011 , 16:51 AFP — Ten Syrians, including a prominent Kurdish rights activist, were killed on Friday as thousands of people rallied against President Bashar al-Assad's regime and in support of a newly formed opposition front, activists said.