Amateur video posted on a social media website purports to show the funeral of three residents of the Syrian town of Homs.<br/> This crowd chants religious slogans, as they carry the caskets amidst the crowd.<br/> In other amateur footage, hundreds of protesters wave flags and chant in support of Syria's revolution.<br/> Syrian authorities have banned most foreign media organizations from operating freely in the country.<br/> Reuters cannot independently verify the content of these videos.<br/> Syria's conflict which began last Spring as a crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy protesters now appears it could be sliding towards civil war.<br/> Soldiers are increasingly defecting with their weapons to take on troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.<br/> In the latest blow for the regime, Turkey's imposed tough economic sanctions, joining the Arab League in isolating Assad over his brutal crackdown.<br/> Travis Brecher, Reuters
