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Cell Phone Videos Show Horrors Inside Syria -- CBS News
We're experiencing one of those times in history when an aging dictatorship hangs on to power by using military force against its own people. For nearly a year we've been following the freedom movement in Syria. It appears the dictator Bashir al-Assad is rushing to crush the rebellion before the world can do much about it.
The city of Homs - remember the name - is a little bigger than Philadelphia and it's been under artillery fire for two weeks. Rebels claim 100 civilians were killed Tuesday alone. The citizens there have been filming the siege on cell phones. The video above shows the sights and sounds of what it's like to be a citizen of Homs today.
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More News On The Humanitarian Disaster In Syria
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Inside Syria: 'I can guarantee ... people will starve to death' -- CNN
Activists: Scores dead as Syria launches military assault on villages -- MSNBC
Syria refugees tell of civilian misery in besieged Homs -- BBC
Syrian refugees describe mayhem they fled -- StlToday
Jordan prepares camp for Syrian refugees -- Boston.com/AP
Underground medical expertise refined in Syrian crucible -- CNN