Syria: Brutal assault on Homs must end

Headline Title: Syria: Brutal assault on Homs must end 08 February 2012 Russia and other countries with influence over Syria must act urgently to stop the bombardment of Homs, Amnesty International said today. More than 200 people have been killed in Homs since Friday, the majority of them unarmed victims of shelling and shot by snipers. While Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday met with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syrian security forces’ unrelenting bombardment of Homs continued and has since intensified. Amnesty International called on Russia to make it…

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