In the run-up to the ceasefire, Macedonian helicopter gunships fired rockets at positions occupied by the guerrillas after rebel shells hit the town of Tetovo.

BBC: News Online

Explosions shook the town as shells reportedly hit residential areas and mosques, where armed defectors were believed to be sheltering.

BBC: Syrian government forces 'shell rebel-held towns'

In October, five Turkish civilians were killed when errant Syrian artillery shells struck the Turkish border town of Akcakale.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Five Turkish civilians were killed in October where errant Syrian artillery shells struck the Turkish border town of Akcakale.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Many of its factories are closed, and the town is littered with the abandoned shells of unfinished buildings.

ECONOMIST: The East European shtetl

The 28 hotels of Bethlehem, a town that lives from tourism, are lifeless shells.

ECONOMIST: Downsizing amid the uprising