Activists in a Deraa town film in one house the destruction caused by heavy bombardment the day earlier.
They say several homes in al- Herak, south of Syria, have been shelled by government forces.
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.
