By — P. J. Tobia P. J. Tobia Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/siege-of-homs-grinds-on-there-is-a-sniper-at-the-end-of-our-street Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Siege of Homs Grinds On: ‘There Is a Sniper at the End of Our Street’ World Feb 10, 2012 2:06 PM EDT Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s army continues to blast away at the city of Homs and on Thursday we spoke with someone living in the middle of the conflict. Lubna, a 27-year-old woman who wished to be identified only by her first name, lives just a few blocks from Homs’ clock-tower, near the city center. For five days, she didn’t leave her house because of the sounds of gunfire and explosions. On Thursday she ventured into her neighborhood for the first time all week. We spoke with her shortly after she returned home. Lubna told us that she lives in between Baba Amr and Al Khalidiya, two neighborhoods that activists say have been under near-constant attack by mortars and bombs. This video, purportedly shot in Baba Amr, was uploaded to YouTube a few hours after we spoke with Lubna. The sporadic gunfire heard in the background has been a constant on some of the live video feeds of the town, archived here. Lubna’s neighborhood can be seen on this conflict map of Homs created by the BBC. She said she lives to the left of the section marked Old City. Earlier this week, we spoke to an activist in Homs who described the increasing violence. View all of our World coverage and follow us on Twitter. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — P. J. Tobia P. J. Tobia P.J. Tobia is a Foreign Affairs Producer at PBS NewsHour, covering the Middle East and North Africa. He is also the host and producer of the foreign affairs podcast "Shortwave." Prior to this Tobia spent two years in Afghanistan covering Afghan politics, life and the U.S.-led war. @PJTobia
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s army continues to blast away at the city of Homs and on Thursday we spoke with someone living in the middle of the conflict. Lubna, a 27-year-old woman who wished to be identified only by her first name, lives just a few blocks from Homs’ clock-tower, near the city center. For five days, she didn’t leave her house because of the sounds of gunfire and explosions. On Thursday she ventured into her neighborhood for the first time all week. We spoke with her shortly after she returned home. Lubna told us that she lives in between Baba Amr and Al Khalidiya, two neighborhoods that activists say have been under near-constant attack by mortars and bombs. This video, purportedly shot in Baba Amr, was uploaded to YouTube a few hours after we spoke with Lubna. The sporadic gunfire heard in the background has been a constant on some of the live video feeds of the town, archived here. Lubna’s neighborhood can be seen on this conflict map of Homs created by the BBC. She said she lives to the left of the section marked Old City. Earlier this week, we spoke to an activist in Homs who described the increasing violence. View all of our World coverage and follow us on Twitter. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now