AFP – Syrian forces on Tuesday blitzed the flashpoint city of Homs and opened fire to disperse daring protesters in the capital, monitors said, as the Red Cross sought ways to deliver aid to afflicted areas. Activists had urged authorities to allow women and children to flee the besieged neighbourhood of Baba Amr in the restive central city, which residents say has been assaulted by regime forces for 18 straight days. The plea came on Monday as troop reinforcements were sent to the outskirts of Homs, with activists fearing they were preparing to storm its defiant neighbourhoods. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said…

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