Syria: 12 killed as Homs attack continues

At least 12 people were killed today as Syrian troops shelled parts of the city of Homs, striking a makeshift medical clinic and residential areas, activists said.

The bloodshed came one day after President Bashar Assad’s government vowed to continue its crackdown on a nearly 11-month-old uprising that has become one of the deadliest of the Arab Spring. The activist reports could not be independently confirmed.