The Syrian army's crackdown on opposition to President Bashar al-Assad's rule appears to be intensifying. <br /><br />There has been more fighting in the city of Homs.<br /><br />Activists say dozens of women and children have been killed by pro-government militia in a massacre. The government blames what it calls "terrorist groups".<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Nisreen el-Shamayleh reports.
