Assad forces renew Homs assault

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Assad forces renew Homs assault

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis
AMMAN | Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:01pm EDT
(Reuters) - 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 in April, opposition activists said on Sunday.

They said the Syrian army used artillery, mortars and rockets to hit opposition strongholds in the city of Homs and the towns of Qusair, Talbiseh and Rastan in central Syria.

Free Syrian Army rebels had been intensifying attacks in the area, the Syrian Network for Human Rights and other opposition campaigners said.

Assad's forces also carried out raids on neighborhoods in and around Damascus to try and flush out rebels who have been stepping up operations near security compounds in the capital.

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[David__77]

1. Odd title. Like "Obama forces bomb Pakistan..."

I think that "Syrian forces" would be the appropriate and editorially-neutral.