Fighting rages on in Syria amid foreign condemnation
Intense fighting continues in Syria's three largest cities as world leaders in New York took turns to condemn the violence.
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There is no sign of a ceasefire in the Syrian city of Homs. Both sides of the front line accuse each other of the same crimes.
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Fighting rages on in Syria amid foreign condemnation
Intense fighting continues in Syria's three largest cities as world leaders in New York took turns to condemn the violence.
Read the full storyICRC and Red Crescent suspend Homs evacuation
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent has said that it is not able to evacuate civilians from the Syrian city of Homs because of the "unclear" security situation. Shots were heard in the area this morning.
Both teams have withdrawn to Damascus, but intend to re-enter Homs at some point in the future.
Homs has seen some of the worst violence of the conflict in Syria and has been the site of intense fighting for the last ten days.
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Syrian government and rebels agree to Homs evacuation
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was preparing to evacuate wounded people and trapped civilians from the city of Homs after both sides agreed to its request for a temporary pause in fighting.
The agency said it had made its request on Tuesday to Syrian authorities and opposition groups.
ICRC spokesman Hicham Hassan said: "We have teams from the ICRC and Syrian Red Crescent in Homs city. We want to go in as soon as possible. We are finalising technical issues."
Reuters: 23 dead in Syria clashes
At least 23 people including 10 children have been killed in shelling and clashed in Houla in the Syrian town of Homs, activists have told Reuters.
Polls open in Syria
Polls have opened as Syrians cast their votes in multi-party parliamentary elections as the opposition are expected to widely boycott a poll largely expected to bring pro-Assad lawmakers into parliament.
Assad takes part in ceremony
State TV shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad taking part in a martyrs' day ceremony in the capital as United Nations monitors visit Damascus suburbs.
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'Heavy fighting between rebels and government troops'
Heavy fighting between rebels and government troops erupted overnight in the capital of an oil producing province in eastern Syria, residents and activists said.
They said rebels armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked tank positions in the eastern sector of the city of Deir al-Zor on the Euphrates rive, in response to an army offensive against several towns and villages in the province that have killed dozens of people in recent days.
Explosion and casualties in Syrian city of Aleppo - rights group
A explosion has caused "injury and death" in a suburb of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, a human rights group has told Reuters news agency.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Humans Rights, which monitors violent attacks in the country, said the blast rocked the area of Tal al-Zarazeer, one of the poorest suburbs in Aleppo.
Car wash blast kills five
An explosion in a car wash in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo has killed at least five people, activists said, while another blast in the capital destroyed nine cars.
The blast in Aleppo hit a car wash and killed six people, Aleppo activist Mohammed Saeed said via Skype.
He said the business in the city's southern Sukari neighbourhood is owned by a man who serves in pro-government militias known as the shabiha. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on activists inside Syria, said five people were killed in the attack.
Also an explosive planted under an army vehicle in Damascus blew up, damaging nine cars.The blast shook a central neighbourhood near a military food co-operative, and left a crater in the street, according to a reporter who visited the scene.
Explosion in Syria: Casualties reported
A explosion has caused "injury and death" in a suburb of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, a rights group has reported.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Humans Rights, which monitors violent attacks in the country, said the blast rocked the area of Tal al-Zarazeer, one of the poorest suburbs in Aleppo.
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