Artillery barrage of Homs continues

Syrian artillery pounded rebel-held areas of Homs yesterday as President Bashar al-Assad’s government announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in a referendum derided as a sham by his critics at home and abroad.

A Syrian activist group said yesterday that 135 people have been killed across the country, including 64 who died while fleeing an embattled area in the central city of Homs.

The Local Coordination Committees activist group did not say whether all 135 died yesterday or were killed over the past few days.