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.

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) ...

In Homs, the shabiha were accused of committing a massacre of some 200 Sunni civilians in 2018, as well as of kidnappings, killings, and property theft under the regime. The gang-like militias came ...

Homs, SANA-The book “Deterring Aggression” by young author Abdul Majid al-Khalaf documents the liberation of Syria from the ...

T he city of Homs in central Syria has long held a unique position in the Syrian psyche. Home to a mix of ethnic groups, it became a symbol of resistance to Bashar al-Assad’s regime in 2011 ...

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, ...

Syria has shipped out its first refined oil product cargo since the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad. Shipbroker BRS Group ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syrian security forces on Saturday detained Wassim al-Assad, cousin of toppled dictator Bashar ...

When Mahmoud al-Mohammed found what he calls a “disaster” in the fields of rural Homs, he knew he had to act fast. Having spent more than 10 years displaced in northwest Syria, he returned earlier ...

The Archdiocese of Homs, Hama, Tartous, and their dependencies for the Syriac Orthodox Church stated that the community’s cemetery in the town of Zaidal, in the countryside of Homs, was targeted by ...