Assad forces renew barrage on Syria's Homs; reporters killed

Thursday, 23 February 2012

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighbourhoods of the city of Homs, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than 80 people, including two Western journalists.

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Numerous Casualties in Bombardment of Syria's Homs
Source: IBTimes.com Syrian government forces killed at least 16 people and wounded some 340 on Tuesday (February 21) when they unleashed a heavy artillery barrage on a rebel-held district of the city of Homs, activists said. Scores have died in the 11-month-long uprising aga

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