Bombardment in Syria

Bombardment in Syria.

Amateur video which could not be independently verified by Reuters appears to show the aftermath of a shelling in a town near the Iraqi border.

the streets of the town are now lined with rubble.

President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebel fighters seeking Assad's overthrow have so far ignored appeals to end the conflict,

A severely wounded man is carried away on a motor bike.

Activists say more than 27,000 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising began last March.