January 3, 2012 -- Updated 1203 GMT (2003 HKT) A protester in the flahspoint central Syrian city of Homs throws a tear gas bomb back towards security forces, on December 27, 2011. CNN has obtained exclusive video of the battle in Homs between security forces and defectors in the Free Syrian Army. December 28, 2011 -- Updated 1635 GMT (0035 HKT) Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center explains why Moscow doesn't want NATO forces in Syria as they were used in Libya. Many Syrian fighters waging a guerrilla war against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad are short on guns, ammunition and heavy weapons. The city of Homs has been the focus of opposition to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, with almost daily protests since the summer. December 26, 2011 -- Updated 1221 GMT (2021 HKT) CNN profiles the London-born wife of Bashar al-Assad, who denies responsibility for Syria's deadly crackdown December 7, 2011 -- Updated 2259 GMT (0659 HKT) CNN's Atika Shubert reports on the history of violence in Syria and the social media that has exposed it all. November 22, 2011 -- Updated 2211 GMT (0611 HKT) Activists, diplomats and IT specialists say there is a high-stakes war of information being waged for Syria in cyberspace. November 18, 2011 -- Updated 1550 GMT (2350 HKT) Syria's President Bashar al-Assad looks more isolated with each passing day as his regime continues a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests.