Timeline of the Syrian crisis
China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-20 08:04
January 2011 - Large-scale anti-government protest breaks out in Syria.
February 2012 - The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Kofi Annan as the UN-Arab League Special Envoy on Syria.
April - The UN Security Council authorized the UN Supervision Mission in Syria, including a 90-day deployment of 300 unarmed observers.
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