Homs: continuous restrictions on people of revolt city

  Assad's forces had imposed more restrictions on movement and  transportation against the people of Homs, the latest procedure was requesting birth certificate which assured that the person is originally from Homs neighborhoods, according to Zaman Alwasl's local source.

'al-Mazra'a' checkpoint banned any entry to the besieged neighborhood of al-Waer for who is not carrying birth or residence certificate.

Passing through the Assad regime blockades is obligatory for residents of the rebel-held areas.

''It's big misery now, we are surrounded by imminent risks where the Assad's militia, National Defense Army is crowded at the frontiers of al-Waer neighborhood,'' Activists said. 

The Assad regime made special checkpoints for the women of the city, where the inspecting procedures included their bags, mobiles and clothes.

In relevant development, Assad's militia, Shabiha, intended to expel Sunnis, who lived in the rich areas of Homs like al-Ghouta neighborhood, in order to leave their areas.

''It's not a sectarian cleanse this time, it's a cleanse of interests and greed.'' Activist said to Eqtsad, newspaper affiliated to Zaman Alwasl. 

Homs, 140 km (90 miles) north of Damascus, lies at a strategic crossing linking the capital with army bases in coastal regions controlled by Assad's Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam that has dominated majority Sunni Syria since the 1960s.

 More than 93,000 people have been killed since the Syria crisis started in March 2011, according to the United Nations, as largely peaceful protests against Assad's rule. It escalated into a civil war after opposition supporters took up arms to fight a brutal government crackdown on dissent.