Assad forces bomb Syria's Homs; reporters killed=2
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:27 GMT
Although some say support around Assad is crumbling and the military is tiring, others say he could hang on for many months more before he joins Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and Tunisia's Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali on the list of deposed Arab leaders, if he does at all.
There are also fears the revolt could flare into a religion-based civil war and spread across the volatile Middle East. (Additional reporting by Erika Solomon and Mariam Karouny in Beirut, John Irish in Paris; Steve Gutterman in Moscow, Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva, Peter Griffiths in London; Editing by Rosalind Russell; khaled.oweis@reuters.com; +962 6 4623776)
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