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Homs

(hômz, hôms)

A city of west-central Syria north of Damascus. Birthplace of the Roman emperor Heliogabalus, it was taken by the Arabs in 636. Egypt controlled the city from 1831 to 1840.

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Homs

(hɒms) or

Hums

(Placename) a city in W Syria, near the Orontes River: important in Roman times as the capital of Phoenicia-Lebanesia. Pop: 915 000 (2005 est). Ancient name: Emesa Former name: Hims

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Homs

(hɔms)

n.

a city in W Syria. 354,508.

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A source at Homs Police Command told SANA reporter that a patrol of Homs Criminal Security Branch discovered weapons , ammunition , and three cars without plates inside a house in a village in Homs.

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The Syrian Army backed by Russian air force has reinforced its military points on the hills overlooking al-Aqirbat and al-Balas regions as well as their surrounding areas in Eastern Homs, the Arabic-language website of the Russian Sputnik News Agency quoted a Syrian Army battlefield commander in Eastern Homs as saying.

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Homs Governor Talal al-Barazi said more than 1,500 fighters and their relatives had left.

Syrian govt troops retake Homs Old City post rebels evacuation

BEIRUT: Exhausted and worn out from a nearly two-year-long siege, hundreds of Syrian rebels Wednesday left their last remaining bastions in the heart of the city of Homs under a cease-fire deal with government forces.

Rebel exodus from Old Homs marks end of two-year siege

Later in the morning, two of the buses left Homs and headed north.

Syrian rebels begin to evacuate besieged city of Homs

The fighters will be taken a few kilometers (miles) north to the towns of Talbiseh and al-Dar al-Kabira on the northern edge of Homs province.

Rebels begin evacuating Syrian city of Homs

The deal reached on Homs, Syria's third-largest city, follows a series of military gains by the regime around the capital, Damascus, and in the country's vital center.

Cease-fire reached in Syria's Homs

A year-long blockade of Homs by Syrian government forces has created severe food shortages.

Elderly, children evacuated from Homs

But he said negotiators would also raise the issue of bringing humanitarian aid convoys to Homs.

Homs evacuation talks stalled over power transfer

Syrian army air strikes in the central city of Homs on Sunday killed three civilians, as regime forces pressed forward with a new bid to retake several rebel-controlled districts, a watchdog said.

Syria air strikes on Homs kill woman, 2 children

A spokesman for the Coordination Committee in Homs told Gulf News by phone that it will be very dangerous for residents to wait till the outcome of the Arab League meeting in Cairo on Saturday.

Syrian opposition urges world to protect civilians

"Thirteen civilians were killed yesterday and today in several parts of Homs when the army opened fire as it carried out an operation in the city" to quash dissent, said the head of the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reached by telephone from Nicosia.