Live-tweeting the Uprising of Syria | 11/7
At least 9 people, including one child, have been killed by Syrian security forces who moved into Bab Amr, a residential district of Homs after six days of tank bombardment. Warning: includes graphic content.
- Yesterday, on the first day of Eid al-Adha, forces loyal President Bashar al-Assad opened fire at protesters, killing at least 22 people and prompting the Arab League to call an emergency meeting to discuss the government’s failure to halt the bloodshed, Bloomberg reported.
- Videos uploaded by activists to YouTube today shows some scenes of the assault on Hmos and other cities:
Video reportedly shows black smoke rising in the sky of Homs earlier today bit.ly/tx0qJS #Syria- Videos shows protesters running for cover under sounds of heavy gunfire, reportedly in Saqba today bit.ly/swdtXF #Syria
- Sounds of intense gunshot in this video, reportedly taken today in Hama bit.ly/v5N9Cz #Syria
- Sounds of gunfire and smoke rising in this video, reportedly taken today in Saqba bit.ly/rXTtMT #Syria
- Video reportedly shows black smoke rising in a Homs neighborhood today with sounds of gunfire bit.ly/uVWUD0 #Syria
- Video reportedly shows protesters running for cover under sounds of gunfire in Homs today bit.ly/rK3c8p #Syria
- Protesters can be seen running after they hear sounds of gunshots in this video, reportedly in Douma today bit.ly/tE7p3P #Syria
- The assault resulted in many casualties, and the Syrian National Council called for international action to "stop the massacre" in Homs. The SNC called Homs a "humanitarian disaster area", Al Jazeera reported.
- EXTREMELY GRAPHIC: little girl Maymouna al-Sayed was reportedly killed by security forces in Houla, Homs today bit.ly/vFw3SS #Syria
- Video reportedly shows the funeral of Maymouna al-Sayed, the little girl who was killed in Homs today bit.ly/rzF2b5 #Syria
