Internal turmoil: Syrian forces batter rebel-held parts of Homs
A security source in Damascus confirmed fierce fighting was underway in Homs.
Syrian army soldiers stand in the damaged military airport in Dabaa, north of Qusayr, in central Homs province on June 7, 2013. PHOTO: AFP
DAMASCUS:
Syria’s armed forces battered rebel-held parts of Homs city on Saturday with air raids, shelling and a ground offensive that prompted the opposition to issue a desperate plea for foreign military intervention.
“Warplanes carried out two consecutive raids against areas under siege in Homs city, as well as carrying out heavy shelling against the same districts,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
It described as “unprecedented” the all-out shelling concentrated on the neighbourhoods of Khaldiyeh, Bab Hud, Hamidiyeh and Bustan al Diwan. Regime forces of President Bashar al Assad were using mortar shells, rockets, tank shells and heavy artillery in the assault, said the monitoring group, which relies on a network of sources on the ground for its reports.
A security source in Damascus confirmed fierce fighting was underway in Homs.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 30th, 2013.
Syria’s armed forces battered rebel-held parts of Homs city on Saturday with air raids, shelling and a ground offensive that prompted the opposition to issue a desperate plea for foreign military intervention.
“Warplanes carried out two consecutive raids against areas under siege in Homs city, as well as carrying out heavy shelling against the same districts,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
It described as “unprecedented” the all-out shelling concentrated on the neighbourhoods of Khaldiyeh, Bab Hud, Hamidiyeh and Bustan al Diwan. Regime forces of President Bashar al Assad were using mortar shells, rockets, tank shells and heavy artillery in the assault, said the monitoring group, which relies on a network of sources on the ground for its reports.
A security source in Damascus confirmed fierce fighting was underway in Homs.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 30th, 2013.