Homs - Feb 13, 2012 - 09:23

Syrian forces resumed their bombardment of the city of Homs on Monday after Arab countries called for UN peacekeepers and pledged their firm support for the opposition battling President Bashar al-Assad. 

Opposition campaigners said tank fire was concentrated on two large Sunni Muslim neighbourhoods that have been at the forefront of opposition to Assad. 

They said 23 people were killed on Sunday after a lull in shelling the previous day. [Reuters]