BBC News with David Austin
The government and rebels in Syria have blamed each other for two bombs in the city of Aleppo that killed 28 people and wounded more than 200 others. The Syrian government said terrorist gangs targeted a military intelligence complex and a security base. The head of the rebel Free Syrian Army, Arif al-Hamoud, told the BBC it was operating in the area at the time but was not responsible for the
blasts
.
"We launched an attack on two security headquarters in Aleppo this morning. The point of this attack was to target the security forces who were heding to districts in Aleppo to
repress
demonstrations. Following the attack, there was a big explosion in the military building. We suspect it might have been explosives planted by the regime to prevent any storming of the building."
Syrian government tanks and artillery have continued to bombard parts of the city of Homs, where hundreds of rebel fighters are believed to be
entrenched
. After a week
under siege
and shell fire, conditions in Homs are reported to be getting desperate.
One of the sons of the late Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has threatened to lead an uprising against the transitional authorities now running Libya. Saadi Gaddafi made the threat in a television interview given from Niger, the country to which he fled after his father was
overthrown
. Jonathan Head reports from Tripoli.