Artillery shells rain down on Rastan, Homs - part of the ongoing siege of the area by government forces.<br/> <br />The amateur video, which cannot be independently verified, also shows Syrian helicopters flying overhead.<br/> <br />The activist filming the scene says "Rastan is burning, where are you Arabs and Muslims?".<br/> <br />Another video obtained from a social media website shows what appears to be a Syrian soldier firing a rocket propelled grenade.<br/> <br />Meanwhile in Deraa, this amateur footage shows a funeral for four people killed by government troops - a handwritten sign says the funeral is for "martyrs of the Bursa al Sham massacre".<br/> <br />UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous on Tuesday said the Syrian conflict has grown into a full scale civil war.<br/> <br />Syria's foreign ministry later called this an unrealistic description.<br/> <br />The U.N. has a monitoring mission in the country, but their presence has failed to prevent the bloodshed and has faced increasing resentment.<br/> <br />This convoy returned to Damascus on Wednesday after being attacked in Lattakia by an angry crowd the previous day.<br/> <br />The U.N estimates that President Bashar al Assad's forces have killed over 10,000 people since the start of the uprising.<br/> <br />Simon Hanna, Reuters
