Source: Agence France-Presse
Country: Syrian Arab Republic
6/29/2013 14:54 GMT
NGO Jobs News Damascus, June 29, 2013 (AFP)-Syrian troops launched an offensive on several parts of the city of Homs rebels on Saturday, an NGO said, pounding the districts with air raids and mortar fire.
"Two consecutive Air raids against areas under siege in the city of Hims, and heavy bombing against the same districts," said the Syrian Observatory for human rights.
"The bombing focuses on Khaldiyeh quarters, Bab Hud, and Bustan al-Hamidiyeh Diwan in an unprecedented way."
The group said British forces regime were using mortar rounds, rockets, tank shells and heavy artillery in the assault.
Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said that the troops were trying to storm Khaldiyeh and combat that was going around the old town.
Khaldiyeh and old town were under siege by the army for about a year.
Homs, the third biggest city of the country, was one of the first to join the rebellion against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad over two years ago.
A security source in Damascus confirmed fierce fighting was underway in Homs.
«Never stopped military operations of hims, but increases their speed according to the priorities, "he told AFP.
"What is important is to clean those areas of Hims, which are in the hands of armed terrorists, especially Khaldiyeh Hamidiyeh, and the old city," he added.
"The army is advancing on all fronts, but at different speeds," he said, insisting: "progress may be slow but are real".
Syrian State television said Government troops were making "great progress" in Khaldiyeh where they "eliminated a large number of members of armed terrorist groups"-the term used by the Government to describe the rebels.
An activist told AFP in Khaldiyeh Saturday afternoon that fighting had subsided a bit since morning.
"Today was the start of a new offensive," confirmed, describing the air raids and shelling of the city.
"The situation is even worse than before, we are suffering from shortages of basic commodities such as rice and sugar," said AFP via Internet.
On Thursday, the Syrian regime's troops took the city Al-Qariatayn, in the province of Homs as part of a larger campaign to gain ground in the central region.
The head of the Observatory said that the army appeared to be trying to "isolate the southern province of Hama (middle) and the northern province of Homs to cut the supply lines between the two provinces".
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NGO Jobs News Damascus, June 29, 2013 (AFP)-Syrian troops launched an offensive on several parts of the city of Homs rebels on Saturday, an NGO said, pounding the districts with air raids and mortar fire.
"Two consecutive Air raids against areas under siege in the city of Hims, and heavy bombing against the same districts," said the Syrian Observatory for human rights.
"The bombing focuses on Khaldiyeh quarters, Bab Hud, and Bustan al-Hamidiyeh Diwan in an unprecedented way."
The group said British forces regime were using mortar rounds, rockets, tank shells and heavy artillery in the assault.
Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said that the troops were trying to storm Khaldiyeh and combat that was going around the old town.
Khaldiyeh and old town were under siege by the army for about a year.
Homs, the third biggest city of the country, was one of the first to join the rebellion against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad over two years ago.
A security source in Damascus confirmed fierce fighting was underway in Homs.
«Never stopped military operations of hims, but increases their speed according to the priorities, "he told AFP.
"What is important is to clean those areas of Hims, which are in the hands of armed terrorists, especially Khaldiyeh Hamidiyeh, and the old city," he added.
"The army is advancing on all fronts, but at different speeds," he said, insisting: "progress may be slow but are real".
Syrian State television said Government troops were making "great progress" in Khaldiyeh where they "eliminated a large number of members of armed terrorist groups"-the term used by the Government to describe the rebels.
An activist told AFP in Khaldiyeh Saturday afternoon that fighting had subsided a bit since morning.
"Today was the start of a new offensive," confirmed, describing the air raids and shelling of the city.
"The situation is even worse than before, we are suffering from shortages of basic commodities such as rice and sugar," said AFP via Internet.
On Thursday, the Syrian regime's troops took the city Al-Qariatayn, in the province of Homs as part of a larger campaign to gain ground in the central region.
The head of the Observatory said that the army appeared to be trying to "isolate the southern province of Hama (middle) and the northern province of Homs to cut the supply lines between the two provinces".
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