BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian military assault on Homs killed dozens of people on the eve of a visit to Damascus by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov aimed at pressing President Bashar al-Assad to end an 11-month uprising by implementing swift reform.
The violence Monday came as world powers scrambled for a
diplomatic strategy after the defeat of a U.N. Security Council
resolution backing an Arab League call for Assad to give up power and start a political transition.A member of the main opposition Syrian National Council said Assad's forces killed 50 people in a sustained bombardment of Homs, a center of armed opposition to his rule, two days after activists reported 200 people were killed in shelling.
Syrian authorities, who have denied firing on houses, said security forces killed "tens of terrorists" in Homs Monday morning. An Interior Ministry statement said six members of the security forces were killed in the clashes.
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