The situation in the Syrian town of Homs is quickly deterioriorating as opposition leaders claim that more than 200 people have been killed in an attack by Syrian soldiers on the eve of a U.N. security council vote, reports the New York Times:
There were contradictory reports from Homs, which has been largely inaccessible to journalists and difficult to reach by phone. But videos smuggled out of the city and reports by opposition activists described a harrowing barrage of mortar shells and gunfire that left hundreds more wounded in the city.
“It’s an unprecedented attack,” said Mohammed Saleh, an opposition activist from Homs who recently fled to a nearby town to escape the mounting strife there.
