Syria and Srebrenica: Dark comparisons

It's a gruesome comparison - but as the world marks twenty years since the massacre at Srebrenica, observers are comparing it to today's situation in Syria.

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Nowhere is safe in Homs - its landmark mosque, 800 years old, is under fire.

History counts for nothing in today's Syria.

President Assad's army has used mortars, tanks and air strikes to target rebel held areas for ten long days.

The latest episode in a siege that's already lasted more than a year. Those surviving - have given up waiting for help.

Observers have heard this before - and seen these kinds of images. On one side Bosnia, nearly twenty years ago - on the other present day Syria.

Channel 4 News' Kylie Morris reports.


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