Homs - Wikipedia
Homs is the capital of the Homs District, and the capital of the Homs Governorate—the largest governorate in Syria, and houses the seat of its governor, appointed by the president. The city of Homs is governed by a city council and is home to the Executive Office.
An uneasy calm settles over Syrian city of Homs after ...
2024年12月26日 · HOMS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on Thursday, a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire and stirred fears that the country’s fragile peace could break down.
Homs | Syria, Map, Population, & Facts | Britannica
2024年12月25日 · Homs is a city in central Syria that is situated near the Orontes River and is the only natural gateway in Syria to the Mediterranean coast. It was one of the main centers of the Syrian Uprising of 2011–12 and in the subsequent civil war it …
Syria's Homs looks to rebuild but old wounds remain open - BBC
2024年12月17日 · Now 20 years old, the university student joined the joyous celebrations engulfing the streets of Syria last Sunday at the end of Bashar al-Assad's rule. Her two sisters, Ala and Jana, nod in...
In Homs, Smiles and Tears Amid a Ravaged Landscape After al ...
2024年12月19日 · Homs, an ancient city in central Syria where protesters were the first to take up weapons in 2011 against his oppression, became a center of resistance. We are having trouble retrieving the ...
Syria’s reconstruction put to the test in Homs, the martyr city
2024年12月23日 · Sisters Ashia and Yasmin Kabaji (right), Syrian refugees who recently returned from Lebanon, in Homs with some of their children. Álvaro García Among the more than five million Syrian refugees in neighboring countries, sisters Ashia and Yasmin Kabaji, with five children at 36 and six children at 34, respectively, have just returned to the ...
Thousands flee Syria’s Homs as opposition forces advance on ...
2024年12月6日 · Homs, a key crossroads city linking Damascus to Syria’s coastal areas, is 46km (29 miles) south of Hama, which HTS and allied fighters captured on Thursday, days after seizing the country’s...