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An amateur video uploaded to a social media website purports to show residents fleeing a heavy bombardment in Homs, Syria.

Reuters cannot independently verify the content of material on social media websites.

Homs has been a focal point of the uprising against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and endured a bloody siege for weeks earlier this year.

Activists have reported heavy fire by government forces in Homs this week as the death toll from the conflict continues to mount.