Syria Military Steps Up Shelling, Killing At Least 20 -- Wall Street Journal
Syria escalated a countrywide crackdown on protesters Wednesday as tanks shelled a central city and a southern town, killing at least 20 people, rights activists said.
At least nine people were killed in the early morning hours in shelling on Bab Amro, a district about 6 miles from the city center of Homs, with dozens injured, activists said.
Tanks also shelled Al Hara, a town near Deraa in the south of Syria, killing at least 11 people, said Wissam Tarif, executive director of Insan, a Syria-focused human-rights group based in Spain.
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Syria Intensifies Crackdown Amid Calls for New Protest -- Voice of America
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Syria Intensifies Crackdown Amid Calls for New Protest -- Voice of America
Syria shells city as crackdown escalates -- Financial Times
Syria tanks 'shell' protest city of Homs -- BBC
Syrian Military Tightens Grip in Areas of Unrest -- New York Times
Syrian military sends tanks into areas of unrest, as Obama weighs calling for regime change -- Washington Post
EU pressed to put Assad on sanctions list -- UPI
More sanctions as Syrian unrest escalates -- Sydney Morning Herald
EU sanctions on Syria 'won't work': analysts -- AFP
Analysis: Syria's Assad turns to tanks to put down unrest -- Reuters
Some see the hand of Iran in Syria's crackdown -- L.A. Times
Assad and His Friends -- Amy Davidson, New Yorker
Kerry: It’s time to give up on Assad the reformer -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy