"We wake to the sound of bombing"

Homs a ‘bleeding wound’ as medical aid dire

After 16 straight days of bombardment, Homs is such an incessantly bleeding wound that Syrians speak of it now as though it were a norm. Theirs are voices of resignation as food, medicine, water, electricity dwindle and Bashar al-Assad’s forces show no intent of letting up.

“Is today Sunday? Wednesday? Saturday? I honestly don’t know all days have become same here in #Homs- they begin and end with shelling #Syria” tweeted @Samsomhom.

“Just like every day, the residents of Baba Amr woke up (Sunday) to the sounds of violent bombing, as al-Assad forces continue to use different types of weapons, bombs, and rockets in their attacks,” he said.

A group of Syrian doctors were in the United States this week to urge action that will allow critical medical aid to the injured. The regime’s interference, they said, amounts to a violation of the Geneva Conventions that protect victims of armed conflicts.

“We lost last week two people carrying medicine. They killed them. Just carrying medicine inside,” Dr. Monzer Yazji told reporters at the National Press Club in Washington.