Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have renewed efforts to impose control in Homs province, killing at least 35 people in one of the biggest bombardments since a failed U.N.-mandated ceasefire

Syria's main opposition bloc urged the UN Security Council on Saturday to convene an emergency meeting to examine what it called an army massacre near Homs, where it said 110 people were killed.

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Hundreds of families on Monday fled Syria's restive city of Homs following reports of a 'massacre' there of dozens of women and children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

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Thirty-eight Syrians were killed on day, including 10 shot dead in Baba Amr after regime forces overran the rebel district of the central city of Homs, a watchdog said.

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Most Syrian rebels pulled out of the besieged Baba Amro district of Homs on Thursday after a 26-day siege by President Bashar al-Assad's forces, activists in contact with the fighters said.

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Defeated Syrian rebels abandoned their shattered stronghold in Homs, giving way to a 26-day army assault on a city that had become a symbol of the year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

Western and Arab nations ratcheted up pressure on Syria's Bashar al-Assad as the Red Cross said it had finally gained access to a besieged area of the city of Homs to begin evacuating casualties Frida

Twin car bombs targeting security posts in Syria's second city of Aleppo killed at least 28 people, state media said, with the rebels accusing the regime of launching the attacks as a diversion.

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At least 15 civilians and four soldiers were killed on Tuesday in the besieged central Syrian city of Homs, which has been undergoing heavy shelling by government troops, activists said.

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Syria's opposition warned Friday of a looming 'massacre' as it reported thousands of regime forces and militiamen encircled the protest hub of Homs for an expected final assault to crush dissent.

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