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Syrian rebel groups said Saturday evening they had entered Homs — Syria’s third-largest city and a strategic junction — and were close to claiming it amid reports that the Syrian army was ...
Syrian rebels announced they gained full control over the key city of Homs early on Sunday after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule dangling by a thread as ...
Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based war monitor, said Saturday that Syrian troops and members of different security agencies have withdrawn from Homs ...
If Assad’s military loses Homs, it could be a crippling blow. The city, parts of which were controlled by insurgents until 2014, lies on an important intersection between Damascus and Syria’s ...
In Syrian city of Homs, an orderly evacuation of rebels By Jomana Karadsheh , Jennifer Hauser and Joe Sterling , CNN 2 minute read ...
It's an abrupt twist to a conversation as I settle into my seat on the bus from Damascus to Homs: an 18-year-old boy tells me in no uncertain terms to get off, to leave the bus. We've known each ...
An activist in Homs told CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward that Syrian forces were going door to door in Baba Amr arresting any males over the age of 12. He also claimed that 16 men were killed ...
A Syrian refugee woman carries her child as she prepares to go back home to Syria as part of a voluntary return, in the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, on May 14, 2024.
Syrian state TV is reporting that an explosion in the central city of Homs has killed several people and that government forces "destroyed" a truck bomb near the Damascus airport.