Syrian activists say the city of Homs has been subjected to its most severe

bombardment

in five months. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said aircraft and artillery targeted the neighborhood of Khaldiya, but said that there was no confirmation on the number of casualties.

In the biggest demonstrations in Jordan for years, thousands of people have marched through the capital Amman demanding political reform. Our correspondent Wyre Davies was there.

As many as ten thousand people took to the streets of Amman today, mainly supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamic Action Front, but also other leftist and opposition groups. Security outside the al-Husseini mosque in [Amonzo] city was extremely tight. But everything passed off remarkably,peacefully. There is simply no appetite here for the violence and

turmoil

that has engulfed the region over the last two years. Nonetheless, the large noisy crowds was openly critical of the king's promised political reforms and demanded fundamental changes to a system they say is corrupt and loaded in favor of the country's ruling

elite

.

The United Nations says the situation in western Burma remains tense following violence in June between Buddhists and the country's Muslim Rohingya minority. A spokesman for the UN Refugee Agency, Adrian Edwards, said the number of people

displaced

by the clashes in Rakhine state was continuing to rise as more villagers left their homes in search of food, healthcare and other assistance.