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Homs (UK: / h ɒ m s / HOMSS, US: / h ɔː m s, h ɔː m z, h ʊ m s / HAWMSS, HAWMZ, HUUMSS; Arabic: حِمْص / ALA-LC: Ḥimṣ; Levantine Arabic: حُمْص / Ḥomṣ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa (/ ˈ ɛ m ə s ə / EM-ə-sə; Ancient Greek: Ἔμεσα, romanized: Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs ...
Dec 9, 2015 · 9 December 2015. AFP. Homs, Syria's third largest city, has been a key battleground in the uprising against Bashar al-Assad. It was dubbed the "capital of the revolution" after residents...
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May 20, 2024 · Homs, city, central Syria. The city is situated near the Orontes River at the eastern end of Syria’s only natural gateway from the Mediterranean coast to the interior. It occupies the site of ancient Emesa, which contained a great temple to the sun god El Gebal (Aramaic; Latin: Elagabalus; Greek: Heliogabalus).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The siege of Homs was a military confrontation between the Syrian military and the Syrian opposition in the city of Homs, a major rebel stronghold during the Syrian Civil War. The siege lasted three years from May 2011 to May 2014, and ultimately resulted in an opposition withdrawal from the city.
Sep 4, 2023 · Homs, the place I was born and grew up, has been destroyed and I, like many others, have been left in exile: left to remember how beautiful it once was. What can a person do when their home –...
- Ammar Azzouz
May 9, 2012 · A report from Homs, Syria's third largest city, where the opposition and the government are fighting for control. The UN monitors witness the devastation, the fear and the resistance in a city that was once a place of peaceful co-existence.
Apr 2, 2014 · A report from Lindsey Hilsum of ITN shows the devastation and the daily life of Homs, a city that was once the center of the revolution against Assad. The video covers the front line, the checkpoints, the displaced people, and the survivors who miss their neighbors.
