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Homs (UK: / h ɒ m s / HOMSS, US: / h ɔː m s, h ɔː m z, h ʊ m s / HAWMSS, HAWMZ, HUUMSS; Arabic: حِمْص / ALA-LC: Ḥimṣ; Levantine Arabic: حُمْص / Ḥomṣ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa (/ ˈ ɛ m ə s ə / EM-ə-sə; Ancient Greek: Ἔμεσα, romanized: Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs ...
Dec 9, 2015 · 9 December 2015. AFP. 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...
Homs (Arabic: حمص Ḥimṣ) is the third largest city in Syria. It used to be called Emesa (Greek: Ἔμεσα, Emesa). It is the capital of both the Homs District, and the Homs Governorate. It has 652,609 people (2004). It is on the Orontes River. Homs is home to the Al-Baath University. The university is one of four major universities in ...
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. The neighbourhood of Baba Amr was its biggest...
4 days ago · 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. It occupies the site of ancient Emesa, which contained a great temple to the sun god El Gebal (Aramaic; Latin: Elagabalus; Greek:
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