The {{w|Syria|Syrian}}{{w|Syrian Armed Forces|Armed Forces}}forces began a ground assault in Homs on February 4 in Homs, using soldiers and bombarding the city with tanks and {{w|artillery}}<!-- NPR February 9--> whichThe bombardment continues to this day. Soldiers frequently clash with anti-government protesters and 'freedom fighters' with the {{w|Free Syrian Army}} in violent and often deadly outbursts. In the Baba Amr district of the city, "Omar," (for safety and security reasons we are only using his first name) a citizen journalist with the Homs Media Center, created an account on {{w|Bambuser}}, a website where users can stream live footage from their webcams or mobile phones. He then set up a camera in front of a window inside his home and began broadcasting the footage live on the {{w|internet}}. The violent and often deadly events that follow may have been indirectly caused by this action. The journalists discussed in this article put their lives on the line in order to show and tell the world a record of their events. and inIn some cases they died while doing so, but their deaths may not have been a result of an accidentaccidents. Evidence suggests that they may have been intentionally targeted by Syrian forces.
