The Horror In Homs, City At War



Assad Forces Try To Bomb Homs Into Submission -- Reuters

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

The barrages marked an intensification of a nearly three-week offensive to crush resistance in Homs, one of the focal points of a nationwide uprising against Assad's 11-year rule, and prompted further international condemnation.

More than 60 bodies, both rebel fighters and civilians, were recovered from one area of Homs' Babo Amro neighborhood after an afternoon bombardment, adding to 21 killed earlier in the day, activists said.

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More News On The Horror Of War In The Syrian City Of Homs

Assad forces bomb Syria's Homs -- Reuters
World alarmed over Homs bombing -- Arab News
World’s Biggest Mortars ‘Weapon of Choice’ Against Homs? -- ABC News
Assad’s forces mercilessly bombing Homs opposition -- First Post
65 Dead as Syrian Army Shells Homs -- Arutz Sheva
In Homs we are all wading in blood -- The Guardian
Watching the wounded die in Syria's besieged Homs -- Reuters
Inside Syria: 'I can guarantee ... people will starve to death' -- CNN
Astonishing images amid the Battle of Homs -- 3News
American Reporter Marie Colvin’s Final Dispatches From Homs -- The Lede/New York Times
Homs Residents Seek to Negotiate Cease-Fire After Attack Kills Journalists -- Bloomberg
Opposition videographer reported killed in Homs -- CNN
As Syrians flee Homs, sectarian faultlines deepen -- Yahoo News/Reuters

Update: It is now official, the U.S. is not going to help the Syrian rebels.

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