The calm before the carnage as a tank patrols a street in Damascus. Amateur video which could not be independently verified by Reuters shows the scramble for life in Homs. Citizens run for safety in a place where there are few safe havens. When the airstrikes come the scramble for life. Homs, just north of Damascus, lies on a vital road linking army bases on the Mediterranean coast to government forces in Damascus.
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