This is how al-Khalidiyah neighbourhood in Homs looks this morning.
Activists say several districts in the central city have been enduring intense shelling by government forces for days.
Protests in Syria have escalated into what some are calling a burgeoning civil war. The UN says several thousand people have died since the uprising began in March last year. The government blames "terrorists" and "armed gangs" for the unrest and says more than 2,500 members of its security forces have been killed.
