Among the 20 people that activist groups reported killed, two were Western journalists, the veteran American war correspondent Marie Colvin, who had been working for The Sunday Times of London, and a young French photographer, Rémi Ochlik. The two had been working in a makeshift media center that was destroyed in the assault, raising suspicions [...]

London (CNN) — The deaths of two Western journalists Wednesday in Syria — where at least three other journalists, including two Syrians, had already been killed this year — highlight the danger reporters face in covering conflict zones. Marie Colvin, an American veteran foreign correspondent for London’s Sunday Times, and prize-winning war photographer Remi Ochlik, [...]

Are you there? Send us your images or video Washington (CNN) — Two Western journalists were killed Wednesday in the Syrian city of Homs amid heavy shelling from government forces, opposition activists said. The Sunday Times of London said one of the journalists reportedly killed was staffer Marie Colvin — the only British newspaper journalist [...]

It added that government forces on Saturday had renewed their bombardment of opposition positions in the restive city of Homs. China along with Russia had recently vetoed a recent UN General Assembly resolution calling on President Assad to stop his crackdown on dissent and step down. Source Article from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9090621/China-calls-for-peace-in-Syria-and-backs-referendum.html

Thousands of mourners braved a snowstorm and heavy security presence to march Saturday through a strategic Damascus neighborhood, turning a funeral procession into a bold opposition statement in a Syrian capital that has remained largely loyal to President Bashar Assad. The march, in the upscale Mezzeh district, started out peacefully but turned violent, opposition activists [...]