Massive Funeral in Homs: Thousands Gather in Syria 🇸🇾

Amateur video out of Syria appears to shows tens of thousands of people at a funeral in Homs.<br/> The video, which could not be independently verified by Reuters, comes as Arab league monitors toured the city which has become a flashpoint of resistance to President Bashar- al Assad.<br/> The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters that at least 70,000 protesters were marching towards the city center.<br/> More footage purportedly from Baba Amr shows a massive rally of people calling for an end to President Bashar al Assad's regime. They are calling for a no flay zone over Syria.<br/> The United Nations says that 5,000 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising began in March.<br/> The Syrian government blames the violence on what it calls foreign backed terrorist groups.<br/> Streets scenes from Baba Amr -- cars passing shuttered buildings amid the sound of gunfire.<br/> Syria's State New agency is reporting a gas pipeline explosion in Rastan. The agency is blaming an "armed terrorist group" for the attack.<br/> Syria has banned most independent media from the country making it difficult to verify accounts from activists or the government.<br/> Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters