'We Know Who Is Shelling Homs': Anger Of U.S. Ambassador At Syria's Attacks On Civilians As He Posts Aerial Image Of Bombardments Of Facebook -- Daily Mail
* Robert Ford calls on Syria to end killing of civilians after closure of U.S. Embassy in Damascus
* More than 300 killed in city of Homs in the past week, with four more reported dead in shelling this morning
* Gunmen assassinate Syrian general in Damascus today in rare outbreak of violence in capital city
The U.S. Ambassador to Syria has blamed the country's government for attacks on civilians and has taken the unusual step of posting a military aerial photograph on Facebook to back his claims.
Robert Ford spoke angrily about the killings of unarmed civilians in Syria's third-largest city of Homs after uploading the detailed aerial image showing army vehicles in residential neighbourhoods.
Speaking from Paris after he closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus earlier this week, he called on the country's Government to end the bombardment of civilians. More than 300 civilians have died in Homs in the past week alone.
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