BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces pounded central districts of the
flashpoint city of Homs on Sunday and rebels fighting to oust President
Bashar al-Assad attacked a police station in the northern province of
Aleppo, resident opposition activists and a rights group said.
"Early
this morning 15-4-2012 we saw a helicopter and a spotter plane fly overhead. Ten
minutes later, there was heavy shelling," said Walid al-Fares, an
activist living in Khalidiya, one of the neighborhoods where mortars
bombs have landed.
Another resident said that government loyalists were using heavy machine guns to shoot into the area.
Rami
Abdelrahman, head of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights, said shells were being fired at a rate of one a minute.
Abdelrahman said there had also been overnight clashes in rural Aleppo.
"People said they heard explosions and shooting after rebels attacked a police station and then clashed with police," he said.
flashpoint city of Homs on Sunday and rebels fighting to oust President
Bashar al-Assad attacked a police station in the northern province of
Aleppo, resident opposition activists and a rights group said.
"Early
this morning 15-4-2012 we saw a helicopter and a spotter plane fly overhead. Ten
minutes later, there was heavy shelling," said Walid al-Fares, an
activist living in Khalidiya, one of the neighborhoods where mortars
bombs have landed.
Another resident said that government loyalists were using heavy machine guns to shoot into the area.
Rami
Abdelrahman, head of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights, said shells were being fired at a rate of one a minute.
Abdelrahman said there had also been overnight clashes in rural Aleppo.
"People said they heard explosions and shooting after rebels attacked a police station and then clashed with police," he said.