Syrian regime attacks rebel hub
It shells Homs; mortar round strikes Turkey, reignites tensions
Posted: October 6, 2012 at 3:49 a.m.
A Syrian rebel injured in fighting with government forces is carried out of the Syrian town of Tel Abyad across the border to the Turkish city of Akcakale. A Syrian mortar round landed inside Turkey on Friday, prompting Turkish troops to return fire
The Syrian military opened a second urban front Friday, attacking the rebel stronghold of Homs with the most intense artillery barrage in months and putting opposition fighters there and in Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, increasingly on the defensive.
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