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Arab monitors face crowds, blasts in second Syria tour

  • Homs heart of nine-month revolt against Syria's Assad

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By Erika Solomon and Mariam Karouny

BEIRUT, Dec 28, Reuters - Arab League monitors in Syria faced angry crowds, gunfire and explosions during their second visit to Homs, the heart of a nine-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, online videos appeared to show on Wednesday.

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