AMMAN, (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad has sent tanks deep into Syria’s third city Homs, escalating a military campaign to crush a seven-week-old uprising against his autocratic rule.
Syrians demanding political freedom and an end to corruption have held weeks of what they say are peaceful demonstrations in the face of government repression, despite a civilian death toll that has reached 800, according to the Syrian human rights organisation Sawasiah.
Yesterday, Homs residents told Reuters they heard machinegun fire and shelling as troops made their first incursion into