Syria: At least 100 killed as army bombards opposition strongholds
The death toll in Syria on Saturday soared to 100 as forces loyal to president Bashar al-Assad continued the bombardment of several opposition-held areas across the country.
Shelling of the Baba Amr district of Homs resumed after an apparent pause to allow in relief teams, more than three weeks into a deadly assault on rebels in Syria’s third largest city.
Police also fired on a demonstration of some 4,000 people in Aleppo city’s Sayef al-Dawla district, at the funeral of a civilian killed on Friday.
The state news agency SANA reported the funerals of 18 members of the security forces killed by “armed terrorist groups” in Homs, Deraa, Idlib and the Damascus countryside.