tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:mediaAsset:17338369 Syria: Women and children killed in Homs Activists in Homs claim that the bodies of 26 children and 21 women have been found in the Syrian city, some with their throats slit and others bearing stab wounds. 2012-03-12T11:13:28Z en News 17338369 99125 blocked tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:mediaAsset:17338369 tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:mediaAsset:17336031 Annan 'optimistic' on Syria talks UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan has said he is optimistic following two days of talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:mediaAsset:17311570 'New massacre' in city of Homs Dozens of people have been killed in a suburb of Syria's battle-scarred city of Homs, reports say, in what activists are describing as a new massacre. tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:mediaAsset:17330776 Syria's Assad 'inciting hatred' Syria's president is "working every single day to incite hatred between communities" and "seeking to create ethnic and religious differences", a senior member of the opposition has claimed. tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:mediaAsset:17299058 Aid chief 'devastated' by Homs UN humanitarian chief Baroness Amos continues her visit to Syria - she told reporters she was "devastated" by what she saw in Homs. tag:bbc.co.uk,2008:cps:playlist:mediaAsset:17319258 Baba Amr 'has been destroyed' The district of Baba Amr in Homs, Syria, has been "completely devastated" by recent shelling, according to the UN aid chief Valerie Amos.