Government forces target a building on the outskirts of Damascus in a war that Russia is now calling a stalemate.<br/> <br />Large plumes of black smoke are becoming part of the skyline in many parts of the country.<br/> <br />Amateur video which could not be independently verified by Reuters shows the Capitols suburb's becoming combat zones.<br/> <br />In Homs residents walk through battered streets. Buildings now shells of what they once were.<br/> <br />Russia's foreign minister now says no one is going to win this war.<br/> <br />A woman cries out in the street. She is looking for her sister. There is no more comfort.<br/> <br />For others it is already over, as citizens search for bodies in the rubble.<br/> <br />Western powers and some Arab nations continue to call for President Bashar al-Assad to step down -- but he is not giving up the fight in a conflict that has already cost more than 44,000 lives.
