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Besieged Syrian city grows desperate

Activists report snipers, mortar attack in Homs

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy

 |  Associated Press  

  February 10, 2012

Between blasts of rockets and mortar fire, Syrians used loudspeakers to call for blood donations and medical supplies yesterday in the stricken city of Homs, where a weeklong government offensive has created a deepening humanitarian crisis. Government forces are trying to crush pockets of violent resistance in Homs, the epicenter of an 11-month-old uprising that has brought the country ever closer to civil war.

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