One killed and many wounded in Assad regime airstrikes in Homs

At least one person was killed and over a dozen others wounded, including an al-Jazeera journalist, as Assad regime warplanes struck the Houla area in the suburbs of Homs on Sunday.

"In less than an hour, 17 airstrikes were launched by the Assad regime’s air forces, targeting civilian homes," the Homs Media Centre said. "These were followed by shelling from heavy artillery by regime forces stationed in Qarmas village," The Daily Voice reported.

"The airstrikes killed one person and injured over a dozen others," the centre added, "Many houses were completely destroyed."

Al-Jazeera’s correspondent Jalal Suleiman was among those injured by the airstrikes," Homs Liberation Movement spokesman Suhaib al-Ali told The New Arab.

"More than 40 people were killed in the Houla area in the past week," Homs Liberation Movement spokesman told The New Arab, "Thirteen members of one family were killed in Rastan as a result of Russian airstrikes."