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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.
Dec 9, 2015 · 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 embraced...
Aug 15, 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 9, 2012 · Homs, a lively Syrian city once regarded as a place of peaceful co-existence, has borne the brunt of violence in Syria's 14-month long uprising.
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
Oct 6, 2023 · 6 Oct 2023. Eleven civilians, including a two-year-old child, have been killed in opposition-held Idlib, as Syrians began burying the dozens of people killed in Thursday’s large-scale drone attack...
Oct 26, 2023 · Azzouz fled Homs in late 2011, but has continued to research and chronicle what’s happened to his city ever since. He describes what happened in Homs as domicide – the deliberate destruction ...
