Crackdown On Homs

Every day the crisis in Syria is moving towards a critical point. Despite the Syrian government agreeing to a deal brokered by the Arab League on 2 November—which pledged to withdraw the military from areas of unrest, release hundreds of political prisoners and start talks with the opposition within two weeks—troops and militias loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad have begun a bombardment of Homs, Syria’s third largest city. Since the agreement, which the Arab League delegation cal...

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