Syria activists: Up to 100 die in 24 hours as Assad’s tanks roll into Homs

Paris-based Doctors Without Borders has said that the regime is targeting
doctors helping the wounded. A field hospital in Homs has been repeatedly
shelled.

One Syrian doctor in Homs told the aid agency: “We are constantly being
pursued by the security forces. Many doctors who treated wounded patients in
their private hospitals have been arrested and tortured.”

Activist Hassan said bombardment intensified in the early morning, targeting
the Sunni Muslim districts of Bab Amro, al-Bayada, al-Khalidiya and Wadi
al-Arab, all hostile to Assad, whose minority Alawite sect has dominated
Syria for five decades.

“Mortar and rocket fire has subsided, but heavy machineguns and
anti-aircraft guns are still strong,” he said. “Tanks are in main
thoroughfares in the city and appear poised to push deep into residential
areas.”

Syrian TV is today blaming the explosions tearing the city apart on “armed
terrorists” laying charges.

The onslaught on Homs, one of the bloodiest of the 11-month-old revolt against
Mr Assad, has not relented despite a promise to end the bloodshed that the
Syrian leader gave to Russia, which saved Damascus from UN Security Council
action on Saturday.

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