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Besieged Homs areas endure heavy bombardment
Military intensifies shelling of rebel-held areas of central city, activists say, amid reports of violence across Syria.
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Besieged Syrians in ‘horrific’ spot
The Syrian government pounded the country’s largest city Thursday, using aerial forces to shell neighborhoods and intensifying the siege that has become a focal point of the country’s civil war.
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Humanitarian problems grow in besieged Aleppo
BEIRUT (AP) — Humanitarian conditions have grown even more dire in the besieged Syria city of Aleppo with activists reporting on Tuesday dwindling stocks of food and cooking gas and only intermittent electricity supplies as droves of residents flee 11…
French police press besieged gunman to surrender
TOULOUSE, France (AP) — Riot police set off explosions outside an apartment building early Thursday in an effort to force the surrender of a gunman who boasted of bringing France “to its knees” with an al-Qaida-linked terror spree that killed…
Red Cross says most have fled besieged Syrian area
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Red Cross spokesman says most inhabitants have fled the shattered Syrian neighborhood of Baba Amr in the central city of Homs.
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Syrian rebels quit besieged Homs stronghold
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Defeated Syrian rebels left their shattered stronghold in the city of Homs on Thursday after a bloody 26-day army siege aimed at crushing a symbol of the year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
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Syria rebels leave besieged Homs
Syrian rebel fighters say they are tactically withdrawing from the besieged Baba Amr quarter of Homs after nearly a month of government shelling.
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Syria forces attack besieged Homs
The fate of the besieged Baba Amr quarter, in the Syrian city of Homs, remains unclear after government troops launch a ground offensive on rebels.
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Journalist escapes from besieged Homs
Injured British photographer smuggled into Lebanon as UN human rights chief calls for immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
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Rare glimpse into besieged Syrian city
A freelance cameraman who visited Homs recently put together a video that provides a rare glimpse of life in the embattled city and an even rarer close-up of the opposition movement in Syria.
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‘Besieged’ Homs endures tank assault
Activists say dozens more people killed and report tanks moving deeper into residential areas after days of shelling.
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