The use of heavy weaponry on civilian neighborhoods in Homs, is “ shredding President Assad’s claims to speak for the Syrian people” UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said Wednesday, stopping short of calling on the embattled Syrian leader to step down. Ban said he feared reports of worsening violence…

A Syrian human rights group is reporting that at least 56 people were killed Monday in attacks and raids by pro-government forces on towns and cities across the country. The Local Coordination Committee of Syria says 37 of the 56 casualties were suffered in the city of Homs, a hub…