Syria troops step up Homs bombingAn image grab from a video showing smoke billowing after shells hit a building in Homs, 5 February.

Heavy artillery fire rocks the restive Syrian city of Homs, in what anti-government activists are calling one of the fiercest assaults yet.


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US President Barack Obama places new sanctions on Iran, blocking government assets held in the US, including the Iranian Central Bank.

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