Arab League foreign ministers are expectedto meet in Cairo on Sundayto discuss sending observers back to Syria.A new plan calls for sending a joint observer teamfrom the Arab League and the United Nations.The league sent observers in Decemberas part of an agreement with the Syrian governmentto halt the violence in the country.But the observers withdrew in late Januaryto protest continued attacks on demonstrators.Last Saturday Russia and China blockedanother effort by the U.N. Security Councilto condemn the violence in Syria.The unrest began in March.Syrian government forces have been attackingrebellious areas across the country,especially in the city of Homs.Activists say hundreds of people have been killedsince the offensive in Homs began a week ago."Homs is becoming a ghost city,"one activist told VOA."No one is walking in the streets ...Our situation is miserable."Because of restrictions on reporting in Syria,VOA cannot independently confirm reportsfrom the government or the opposition.The northern city of Aleppo has been relatively quietsince the unrest began.But on Friday, Syrian television reportedthat two explosions killed at least twenty-eight peopleand wounded more than two hundred thirty others.The explosions targeted a military intelligence buildingand a base for security forces.Syrian TV blamed what it called"armed terrorists" for the attacks.But a rebel leader who heads the Free Syrian Armydenied responsibility.He accused the government of being responsible.We spoke on Skype with a manwho said one of the explosions happenedabout two kilometers from his home and awakened him.We agreed not to use his name.We asked him what he thinks about the future of Syria.MAN: "Many people believe,or let's say more than seventy percent of Syrian people,believe that the revolution will eventually win.And I think so because day after daywe see that there are many hits,or many people hate this regime because of shelling Homs,if you heard the news about the city of Homs.The security forces of the regime hittingand shelling the houses.And that means that everybody hates thembecause they are killing our people."Thirteen of the Security Council's fifteen memberssupported the resolution vetoed last Saturday.Russia and China also vetoed another resolution in October.American Ambassador Susan Rice saidthe United States was "disgusted"that Russia and China had again blocked action.She noted that the proposed resolutionsaid nothing about sanctions,an arms boycott or military intervention.She also criticized Russia for continuingto sell weapons to the Syrian government.SUSAN RICE: "For months this council has been held hostageby a couple of members.These members stand behind empty argumentsand individual interests while delayingand seeking to strip bare any textthat would pressure Assad to change his actions."Russia's ambassador, Vitaly Churkin,said his country felt it had no other choicebut to veto the resolution.VITALY CHURKIN: "We were trying to suggestthat we continue our discussionsin order to reach consensus,so we were prepared for an extra mile,it was our colleagues who did not accept it."And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.