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BEIRUT – Civilians cowered in homes and activists recorded what they believed may be their final testaments as Syrian troops and tanks intensified their efforts to "cleanse" Homs on Wednesday.

Elite Syrian troops accompanied by tanks began a ground offensive on four fronts to crush the stronghold of a movement opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad. The city has endured 26 days of intense bombardment that an unnamed Syrian government official told the Associated Press was meant to "cleanse" Homs of opposition.

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