Tag: Homs

First batch of Syrian civilians evacuated from Homs

HOMS- 83 civilians were evacuated on Friday from the government sieged city of Homs following the talks launched two weeks ago between rivals to try...

Syrian troops blast Homs, residents plead for help

Syrian forces on Wednesday hammered rebel belts in the central city of Homs, where besieged residents desperately pleaded for humanitarian assistance, and in the...

Troops enter key rebel district of Homs

Syrian troops entered the rebel district of Khaldiyeh in the besieged central city of Homs on Tuesday, state television said. “Our valiant armed forces have...

Troops pound Syria’s Homs, 48 killed

Syrian troops pounded several rebel-held districts in the central city of Homs on Tuesday, as the death toll mounted across the country, said the...

Regime forces besiege Homs, 69 killed across Syria

Syrian troops besieged several districts of the central city of Homs on Sunday, a day after violence across the country cost at least 69...

72 killed across Syria Tuesday: rights group

At least 72 people, the majority of them civilians, were killed across Syria on Tuesday, a watchdog said, adding that a mother and her...

Syrian army overruns Idlib, rebels flee: activist

The Syrian army has seized full control of Idlib following a four-day assault and rebel troops have fled, an activist in the northwest city...

47 bodies found after ‘massacre’ in Homs: Syria activists

The bodies of 47 women and children have been found in the Syrian city of Homs, where security forces have been fighting raging battles...

68 civilians killed in Homs region ‘massacre’

Armed men killed 68 people on Monday in a “massacre” in the rebel central province of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights head...

Red Cross make new rescue bid in Syria’s Homs

The Red Cross made a new attempt on Saturday to bring out people trapped in the besieged Syrian city Homs, two of them wounded...

Syrian forces pound Homs as protests spread in Damascus

Syrian forces on Tuesday blitzed the flashpoint city of Homs and opened fire to disperse daring protesters in the capital, monitors said, as the...

Homs battered as civilian plight worsens

Syria’s army killed at least six civilians Tuesday in the heaviest shelling of Homs for several days, monitors said, as the international community warned...

13 killed in Syria’s flashpoint Homs

Heavy gunfire in Syria's flashpoint central city Homs killed 13 people on Monday in the Sunni district of Baba Amro, the Syrian Observatory for...

Turkish pilgrims attacked as 4 die in Syria

Buses carrying Turkish pilgrims came under attack near the Syrian city of Homs as at least four more people were killed Monday in a...

Syrian troops kill 13, ten in Homs

Syrian security forces killed 13 civilians on Friday, 10 of them in the flashpoint central city of Homs, where the death of Libyan leader...

Six killed in Homs as Syria death toll rises

Six civilians, including one woman, were shot dead in Syria on Wednesday as the ruling regime continued its brutal crackdown on a seven-month popular...

7 dead as Syria forces sweep through Homs: activists

Syria's security forces shot dead at least seven people as they launched a huge operation in the central flashpoint city of Homs Wednesday, rights...