Syria crisis: new opposition leader calls for mass defections – live updates
Journalists including the BBC’s Paul Danahar and Sky’s Tim Marshall report shelling and gunfire in Homs.
Just waved through first army checkpoint into #Homs without being stopped.
— Paul Danahar (@pdanahar) June 11, 2012
Just heard three loud thumps burst of machine gunfire in #Homs
— Paul Danahar (@pdanahar) June 11, 2012
Im Homs we hear an explosion approx once every 2 mins. Usually from Khaldia district about a mile away. Occasional gunshots, some closet.
— Tim Marshall (@Skytwitius) June 11, 2012
Danahar gave a graphic account of Article source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/jun/11/syria-crisis-snc-urges-defections?newsfeed=true