Government forces' continued shelling of the Syrian city of Homs has left some neighbourhoods unrecognisable.<br /><br />Satellite images taken this Mach reveal a deserted city centre, destroyed areas and heavy deployment of tanks across the city.<br /><br />This contracts to the images shot in August, which showed a busy city of around a million.<br /><br />The latest imagery, commissioned by Al Jazeera, provides a snapshot of what appears to be an increasingly dire situation.<br /><br />UN observers have so far asked to be allowed in Homs to provide an assessment, but the government has so far refused.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Steve Chao reports.
