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Rebel forces close in on strategic city of Homs in central Syria as army retreats in the east
The governorate is inhabited mostly by members ... when he crushed pro-democracy protests in March 2011. Rastan is the home city of Maj Gen Manaf Tlass, one of the most senior officers to defect ...
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An uneasy calm settles over Syrian city of Homs after outbreak of sectarian violence
HOMS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on Thursday, a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire ...