Battle of Homs: The closely-watched test for both Assad’s military and Syrian rebel forces
Special to WorldTribune.com By Brian M. Downing For over two weeks, Syrian troops have surrounded Homs, a city of about a million people not far from the northern border with Lebanon. President Bashir Assad’s troops are firing indiscriminately into the hapless town, entering parts of it, and preparing a full assault to crush the resistance […]