Activists Report Shelling in Syrian City of Homs
Source: NYT
Published: April 14, 2012
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Activists said on Saturday that two neighborhoods in the Syrian city of Homs were shelled overnight, as the United Nations struggled to iron out the details about the rapid deployment of international observers.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said there were no immediate reports of casualties from the shelling in Homs. The report came after Syrians by the thousands marched through the streets of cities and towns across the country on Friday, testing the tenuous cease-fire.
There were scattered reports of deaths and arrests linked to the demonstrations, which had been dubbed “A Revolution for All Syrians” by local organizers nationwide.
Participants admitted to feeling somewhat tentative, sticking to back streets to avoid the security forces, snipers and tanks that were used to suppress the peaceful protest movement and that remained deployed around many central squares and major crossroads.
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