WARNING: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT<br/> <br />The anguish of relatives of a dead child lying in a makeshift hospital in Homs, Syria.<br/> <br />Amateur video, which Reuters cannot independently verify, shows Taha al-Bekai lying in a pool of blood.<br/> <br />Residents say he was killed by sniper fire when he was buying bread for his family.<br/> <br />Protests are intensifying in Homs with more amateur video purporting to show defiant Free Syrian Army fighters firing under the cover of a tank.<br/> <br />Waving the old Syrian flag - a symbol of defiance against the government - they fire their guns in the streets.<br/> <br />The rebel army, heavily outnumbered and outgunned, is a loose network of local units made up of deserters from government ranks and armed volunteers.<br/> <br />This amateur video shows celebrations in Homs following the defection of army soldiers.<br/> <br />But with President Bashar al-Assad refusing to step down, saying his government is fighting foreign-backed "terrorists", many fear the prospect of civil war is looming closer.<br/> <br />The United Nations say more than 5000 people have been killed by security forces since protests began in March.<br/> <br />Arab and Western states are now urging UN Security Council to act swiftly on a resolution calling for Assad to step down.<br/> <br />Sunita Rappai, Reuters
