Portraits of a Massacre Foretold

A ground-level view of the Syrian regime's assault on Homs.

BY MULHAM AL-JUNDI | FEBRUARY 22, 2012

 

Some of the destruction of Homs has been accomplished with Russian-made 240 millimeter mortar rounds. "It is by far the most powerful mortar in modern use -- most other countries stop at 160mm mortars, and a very powerful weapon," Human Rights Watch emergency director Peter Bouckaert said.

 

 

Mulham al-Jundi is a Syrian National Council member in Homs.