In what is a highly fluid situation, a senior opposition source said that he expected Forum ministers to be in office by the weekend.

Other opposition sources put the death toll at 300.

According to opposition sources, denied by the government, the protests resulted in hundreds of dead and injured.

Some opposition sources claim that in February 2012, he criticised freedom of the press.

Protests continued across the country with opposition sources reporting 12 dead.

An opposition sources said that 40 were killed in massacre in central Syria.

According to opposition sources, political activists have been charged with criminal offences and executed.

Eleven were killed, according to government officials, though opposition sources put the death toll in the dozens.

An opposition source also reported the fighting to be concentrated in the northern part of the city.

Fifteen people (workers and police officers) were killed according to government officials, though opposition sources put the death toll in the dozens.