DTN News - SYRIA UNREST: Suffering Deepens In Bombarded Syrian City Of Homs

DTN News - SYRIA UNREST: Suffering Deepens In Bombarded Syrian City Of Homs

 (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 9, 2012: This image from amateur video made available by Shaam News Network on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, purports to show smoke filling the air from a house on fire in Homs, Syria.

Activists say 95 people have been killed so far on Thursday. Hundreds have reportedly died since last week.

Homs, Syria's third-largest city, has been a leading focus of unrest in the 11-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemned the "appalling brutality" of the onslaught.