National coalition pleas International leader on Homs, Activists warn of hit by chemical weapons . Assad's forces launched a major offensive in the last two days against rebels in Homs, a centre of the two-year-old uprising, in their latest drive to secure an axis connecting...

20 neighborhoods in Homs still under the regime shelling since yesterday, activists reported. Najati Tayyara, prominent dissident figure set off alarm bells, saying people of the besieged city fear the chemical weapons, according to Eqtsad newspapers.  ''To the second day the...

Activists: ''To the second day the regime jet fighters destroying Homs, killing civilians under green light from the sleeping world.''   20 neighborhoods in Homs still under the regime fierce shelling since yesterday, activists reported. Analyst to Zaman Alwasl...

Troops loyal to Bashar al-Assad launched a military offensive on Saturday against rebel-held areas of Homs, the country's third-largest city and a centre of the two-year-old uprising against his rule. Activists said jets and mortars pounded rebel territory and soldiers attacked the...