Colvin was stationed in the western Baba Amr district of the city of Homs, and made her last broadcast on the evening of February 21, appearing on the BBC, Channel 4, CNN and ITN News via satellite phone.[1] She described "merciless" shelling and sniper attacks against civilian buildings and people on the streets of Homs by Syrian forces.[2] Speaking to Anderson Cooper, Colvin described the bombardment of Homs as the worst conflict she had ever experienced.[29]