Syria unrest: Tanks 'open fire' in Homs

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Source: BBC

Tanks mounted with machine-guns have opened fire in the Syrian city of Homs, activists have reported.

It comes a day after authorities in Damascus agreed to an Arab League plan calling on the government to pull the military out of cities.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Baba Amr district of Homs came under heavy fire on Thursday. Unconfirmed reports say at least three people were killed in the city.

On Wednesday, the Arab League said Syria had agreed to its proposals to end the violence. The plan requires Syria to withdraw all troops from cities and an immediate cessation to all killing.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15571427

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Aljazeera: Syria 'violence defies peace deal'

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/11/201111381935847935.html

At least four people have been reportedly killed by Syrian security forces bombarding residential areas with tanks in the flashpoint city of Homs, a day after the Syrian government approved an Arab League plan to completely halt its violent crackdown.

On Wednesday, Damascus had agreed to several measures, including the removal of a military presence from cities and residential areas ... Syria also agreed to release all political prisoners and allow the Arab League and foreign media to monitor and report on the situation.

Members of the Syrian National Council (SNC), an opposition group, have voiced serious scepticism over Syria's implementation of the peace deal.

Najib al-Ghadban, a member of the SNC, said implementation of the initiative would mean the end of the regime and Assad was not likely to let that happen. "What happened today is an attempt to buy more time," Ghadban told reporters on Wednesday. "This regime is notorious for maneuvering and for giving promises and not implementing any of them."