The humanitarian crisis in Syria is reaching a worst situation as more than 500 people were killed in the last week alone in the airstrikes by the Syrian regime in the suburb of capital Damascus. People across the world are schocked over the tragic development in the middle-eastern country. Here is a timeline of events that culminated in creating such a huge humanitarian crisis.
Things took a tragic turn after some children who painted anti-regime drawings were killed in detention on March 6, 2011. The killing led to public protests which spread around the country and was also fuelled by the failure of the government to punish the perpetrators.