Despite Truce, Syrian Forces Continue Attack on Homs

Syria’s nearly week-old cease-fire continued to deteriorate Wednesday as a bombing killed six Syrian law enforcement officers and government forces renewed shelling in the flashpoint Homs region.

The state-run SANA news agency says an “armed terrorist group” detonated an explosive device planted on a road in the northern Idlib province. It also says a sniper killed a police officer in the southern city of Daraa. Activists say Syrian forces are continuing to pound rebel-held neighborhoods in the flashpoint city of Homs. The Syrian government has said it has the right to respond to attacks from what it calls “terrorists,” despite its agreement to a peace plan brokered by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. The plan also calls for opposition groups to cease violence.