Anti-government activists in Syria are now removing President Bashar al-Assad from the world map - literally.

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Regime forces resumed their assault on the Syrian protest city of Homs on Monday, activists said, after Damascus rejected an Arab plan to send a peacekeeping force to the unrest-hit country.

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Twin car bombs targeting security posts in Syria's second city of Aleppo killed at least 28 people, state media said, with the rebels accusing the regime of launching the attacks as a diversion.

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Regime forces launched a new blitz on the Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, killing dozens of people, activists said, as the UN weighed a joint mission with the Arab League to end the unrest.

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Syrian forces on Monday pounded powderkeg Homs with rockets and mortars, killing 17 people and wounding dozens amid growing outrage over a Russia-China veto of a UN resolution to stop the violence.

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Fierce clashes on Sunday killed at least 22 Syrians, mostly soldiers, as opponents of President Bashar al-Assad sought to up the pressure for UN action after the Arab League withdrew its observers.

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Syrian pro-democracy activists plan to rally after midday prayers on Friday against an Arab League observer mission they say will stall tougher action against the government over its opposition crackd

Syrians voted on Monday in municipal elections as security forces pushed a deadly crackdown on dissent that the United Nations said has killed more than 5,000 people.

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad defiantly vowed to fight and die if needed as an Arab League deadline for his government to stop its lethal crackdown on protesters expired with 17 more people killed

Syria freed more than 1,000 prisoners on Tuesday in an apparent last-ditch bid to placate Arab leaders as Turkey and the United Nations warned President Bashar al-Assad to stop killing his own people.