2 March 2012 Last updated at 20:13 GMT
He described Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin, who was killed in the attack, as the "best of the best".
"I don't know anyone who had her tenacity and bravery," he said.
Mr Conroy, who was smuggled to Lebanon by Syrian rebels, said he had covered "a fair few wars" but what was happening in Homs was worse than he had ever seen.
He said: "There are no targets in Baba Amr. There are no military targets, it's pure and systematic slaughter of a civilian population. The only reason those shells are going in are to eliminate the people and buildings of Baba Amr.
"I saw it. When I got there, I'd seen the reports, there is no war, it's a slaughterhouse."
Paying tribute to the "heroes" who helped him escape, he said he feared he had left behind "the next Rwanda, the next Srebrenica".
Urging the international community to act, he said when Baba Amr had fallen the regime would go on to systematically kill people in other areas.
'Tactical withdraw' "When Baba Amr is finished, and I think it's almost there now, we've watched it happen, they're going to move on, they're going to move into the countryside, the towns and there will be no witnesses," he said.
"There was women, children, old men, young people will just cease to exist, they will cease to exist and in 10 years we will have an investigation and people will say "how did this happen" and there will be investigations."
Speaking from his hospital bed in London, Mr Conroy said Ms Colvin, a close friend, was "a journalist who worked to a standard that was unsurpassed".
"I don't know anyone who had the tenacity, the bravery, all in one package. She would not let go and that's why I've really got to tell this," he said.
His interview came after the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said it was leaving the district of Baba Amr in Homs in a "tactical withdrawal".
Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it had received the bodies of Ms Colvin and French photojournalist Remi Ochlik, and taken them to Damascus.
Paul Conroy fears Homs could be the "next Rwanda, the next Srebrenica"
A British photographer injured in Syria says the attacks on the city of Homs are "a systematic slaughter of the civilian population".
Paul Conroy, 47, injured last week in an attack which killed two journalists, told the BBC's Newsnight he feared a massacre was about to occur.He described Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin, who was killed in the attack, as the "best of the best".
"I don't know anyone who had her tenacity and bravery," he said.
Mr Conroy, who was smuggled to Lebanon by Syrian rebels, said he had covered "a fair few wars" but what was happening in Homs was worse than he had ever seen.
He said: "There are no targets in Baba Amr. There are no military targets, it's pure and systematic slaughter of a civilian population. The only reason those shells are going in are to eliminate the people and buildings of Baba Amr.
"I saw it. When I got there, I'd seen the reports, there is no war, it's a slaughterhouse."
Paying tribute to the "heroes" who helped him escape, he said he feared he had left behind "the next Rwanda, the next Srebrenica".
Urging the international community to act, he said when Baba Amr had fallen the regime would go on to systematically kill people in other areas.
'Tactical withdraw' "When Baba Amr is finished, and I think it's almost there now, we've watched it happen, they're going to move on, they're going to move into the countryside, the towns and there will be no witnesses," he said.
"There was women, children, old men, young people will just cease to exist, they will cease to exist and in 10 years we will have an investigation and people will say "how did this happen" and there will be investigations."
Speaking from his hospital bed in London, Mr Conroy said Ms Colvin, a close friend, was "a journalist who worked to a standard that was unsurpassed".
"I don't know anyone who had the tenacity, the bravery, all in one package. She would not let go and that's why I've really got to tell this," he said.
His interview came after the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said it was leaving the district of Baba Amr in Homs in a "tactical withdrawal".
Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it had received the bodies of Ms Colvin and French photojournalist Remi Ochlik, and taken them to Damascus.
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