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http://www.aljazeera.com/ Syrian forces renew assault on Homs Syrian forces have renewed their assault on Homs, bombarding more areas of the central city, activists say, with aid agencies still unable to gain access to neighbourhoods in desperate need of relief. Conditions in the western neighbourhood of Baba Amr have been described as catastrophic, with new reports on Saturday of extended power outages, shortages of food and water, and no medical care for the sick and wounded. Government forces took control of the opposition stronghold on Thursday after opppsition fighters fled under the same constant bombardment that activists said killed hundreds of people since early February. The Syrian government has said it is fighting "armed gangs" in Baba Amr, and has pledged to "cleanse" the neighbourhood. Al Jazeera's Sue Turton, reporting from Beirut in neighbouring Lebanon, said the UN and international rights groups were investigating the government's crackdown in the area, adding that many locals were wondering where the next government offensive will take place. "Shelling is now going on in a different neighbourhood of Homs. Many many believe the same 'cleansing' of Baba Amr, as the army is calling it, is going to be carried out in areas in the south [of the city], where it is believed many of the Free Syrian Army has gone," she said.
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