Plus: Blasts kill 25 in Aleppo
(NEWSER) - Time is running out for Syrian civilians as tanks surround Homs and the UN continues to fiddle for answers. Food, water, and medicine are running out, and sealed roads are preventing the evacuation of children and the wounded, witnesses tell the Guardian . "Communications have been completely cut off," said one resident. "The army has blocked access to the city. Some people tried to escape but they found all the roads closed. There is no food left. All the water tanks have been targeted. If you go to the shops, the snipers up on the roofs will shoot you. The children will die here. All the people want is to escape." More»