A German court has sentenced a Syrian doctor to life imprisonment for torture and war crimes in his homeland for killing two people and torturing nine in Syria between 2011 and 2012 ...

In the meantime, Homs desperately requires “reconstruction, rebuilding”. * * * In the Bustan al-Diwan neighbourhood, Christian shopkeeper Atif Akel (55) is smoking behind his cash register.

A Syrian doctor working in Germany has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Frankfurt court after being found guilty of murder, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Alaa Moussa, 40, was ...

This is where a single father and his nine children have made their home, beside the famous 13th-century Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque in Homs, Syria’s third-largest city.

Once dubbed the capital of the revolution against Bashar al-Assad, Homs saw some of the fiercest fighting in Syria's civil war. Now, displaced people are returning to their neighborhoods, only to find ...

In Homs, which embodies Syria's diversity, the specter of revenge weighs heavy By Laure Stephan (Homs (Syria), special correspondent) Published on February 12, 2025, at 2:38 pm (Paris) ...

Syrian rebel forces are closing in on the central city of Homs as they push to take control of the country's third-largest city, according to pro-government media and an opposition war monitor.

Omran, a Homs native, defected from the Assad regime in 2012 and joined the small Islamist faction Ansar al-Sham. He was later appointed by HTS to manage police in Haram city, Idlib.

The BBC joins a convoy bringing families back to Homs, which saw some of the fiercest fighting. It's a bittersweet return for residents of Homs, which was the site of a brutal years-long siege ...

Homs' history Homs is Syria's third largest city and is the capital of its largest province, which extends deep into the Syrian desert. The city is industrious and multi-confessional, with Sunni, ...