DAMASCUS: Armed "terrorist" groups on Wednesday attacked the oil refinery in Syria's embattled central city of Homs, setting two storage tanks ablaze, state television reported.
"Armed terrorist groups shelled the refinery in Homs, setting two fuel depots on fire," the television said.
Rights activists earlier reported that Syrian forces pressed a relentless assault on Homs on Wednesday, with dozens of civilians killed in a barrage of gunfire, mortars and shells.