Syria crisis very cruel at that time. Many people dead in Homs. Activists believe as many as 47 people have been killed in an attack by pro-government militia in the embattled Syrian city of Homs.Women and children are among those reported to have been tortured and killed on Sunday night in the neighbourhood of Karm el-Zeytoun. The Syrian government acknowledged the deaths, but blamed "armed terrorists". The attack happened hours after UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan ended his two-day mission to Damascus. Homs has been under assault for weeks as government forces have tried to root out rebel fighters. Parts of the city are devastated. The main opposition group, the Syrian National Council (SNC), has called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting to discuss the killings, the AFP news agency reports. Hundreds of families fled the Karm el-Zeytoun area of the city on Monday after reports of the attack in their neighbourhood overnight, the British-based Syrian ...