NEW : At least 38 people are reportedly killed in Syria , including 25 in Homs . A Bab Amr activist asks for international support . Security forces are in restive neighborhoods . A former Baathist close to demonstrators is assassinated , activists say .
NEW : At least 38 people are reportedly killed in Syria , including 25 in Homs . A Bab Amr resident asks for international support . Security forces are surrounding restive neighborhoods . A former Baathist sympathetic to demonstrators is assassinated , activists say .