ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />Syrian state television showed President Bashar al-Assad touring the Baba Amr neighbourhood of Homs on Tuesday (March 27).<br/> <br />The district was severely damaged during the fierce month-long fighting between the government troops and the rebels, but was reclaimed by Assad's forces earlier this month after 26 days of heavy bombardment.<br/> <br />Assad, accompanied by a group of officials, toured the neighbourhood inspecting the damage and giving instructions for its speedy reconstruction.<br/> <br />Activists say hundreds of civilians and opponents of Assad were killed in opposition areas of Homs in February by army shelling and snipers.<br/> <br />A spokesman for peace envoy Kofi Annan, representing the United Nations and the Arab League, said on Tuesday Assad had accepted basic terms of a peace plan that calls for national dialogue and does not hinge on his agreement to leave office and give up power.
