Syrian forces are shelling Homs while across the country, reports ITN’s Jonathan Rugman, “state brutality has failed to crush” the popular uprising.

AP reports on heavy shelling:

PBS / ITN on Syria’s radicalized civilians:

Watch Food and Water Scarce in Embattled Syrian City of Homs on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.

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