At least 30 people were killed in last 24 hours in the central Syrian city of Homs in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. This was stated by Rami Abdel Rahman of the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The deaths came as the Army moved in on two border towns in the east and west as it seeks to quell anti-regime protest. Mr. Rahman said, the clashes in the city, 160 kilometres north of the capital, came after three regime supporters kidnapped last week, were killed and their dismembered bodies were returned to their relatives. The military also set its sights on the town of Zabadani, near the Lebanon border, as it pressed ahead in its campaign to overcome the revolt. In the east, on the frontier with Iraq, security forces were also reported to be preparing to intervene in Al-Bukamal after one man was reported killed there when security forces opened fire to break up an anti-regime demonstration, the Syrian Observatory said.