Syrian Tanks Fire On Homs, Defy Arab-Brokered Deal

Syrian tanks mounted with machine guns have opened fired on a city at the center of the country’s uprising, defying a day-old agreement between the Syrian government and the Arab League to end nearly eight months of bloodshed, activists said.

At least 12 people were killed in the tank fire and other violence on Thursday in Homs, according to two main Syrian activist groups.

A crackdown on dissent and what appears to be growing sectarian bloodshed has turned Homs, Syria’s third-largest city and home to some 800,000 people, into one of the country’s deadliest areas.


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