The Syrian military is reportedly moving deeper into residential areas in the city of Homs, a day after the Russian foreign minister said President Bashar al-Assad was "fully committed" to ending the bloodshed. Activists said the army was firing rockets and mortar rounds to subdue opposition districts on Wednesday, as tanks entered the Inshaat neighbourhood and moved closer to Bab Amr. An activist in Bab Amr told Al Jazeera that the neighbourhood had been under fire for several days. The army is "shelling us, using rockets, using mortars, using Russian tanks", he said. "Tanks are trying to break into the neighbourhood of Bab Amr." Activist Hadi al-Abdallah said that at least 43 people were killed overnight in the central city, and other activists reported even higher death tolls. "Some areas are completely [besieged]. There is no internet, no landlines or mobile lines," Al-Abdallah said.
The Syrian military is reportedly moving deeper into residential areas in the city of Homs, a day after the Russian foreign minister said President Bashar al-Assad was "fully committed" to ending the bloodshed.
Activists said the army was firing rockets and mortar rounds to subdue opposition districts on Wednesday, as tanks entered the Inshaat neighbourhood and moved closer to Bab Amr.
An activist in Bab Amr told Al Jazeera that the neighbourhood had been under fire for several days.
The army is "shelling us, using rockets, using mortars, using Russian tanks", he said. "Tanks are trying to break into the neighbourhood of Bab Amr."
Activist Hadi al-Abdallah said that at least 43 people were killed overnight in the central city, and other activists reported even higher death tolls.
"Some areas are completely [besieged]. There is no internet, no landlines or mobile lines," Al-Abdallah said.
