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Carcasses of buildings riddled with bullet holes, flattened cars and mountains of rubble are what's left of a Homs neighborhood after an intensifying bombardment campaign in Syria that began in early February.

Baba Amr is rapidly disappearing.

"The neighborhood is a disaster," said Sami Ibrahim, an activist in Homs for the Syrian Network for Human Rights who was contacted by phone. "The streets are demolished. Buildings, even schools have been destroyed. Families have to leave their homes."

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