More than 100 people were killed in the Syrian city of Homs in a week in what a monitoring group said was a massacre by the Army or militia loyal to President Bashar al Assad.
The UK-based monitoring group said women and children were among the 106 people killed by forces who stormed Basatin al Hasawiya, an impoverished district on the edge of the town.
Reports could not be verified due to reporting restrictions in Syria.
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