A girl holds an independence-era Syrian flag out of the window of a bus at the entrance to the central city of Homs — LOUAI BESHARA Once dubbed ... besieging and bombarding rebel areas such as Baba ...

The city of Homs in central Syria has long held a unique ... was just 13 when he and his family fled Baba Amr, a Sunni neighbourhood associated with the resistance to Mr Assad.

In the heart of Homs, Syria’s third-largest city, the new Clock Square ... of war are visible in the neighborhoods of Khalidiya, Jouret al-Shiah, Baba Amr, Deir Ballaba and Al-Bayyadah.

but the specter of violence continues to hang over the city. "Stores close early," said the pharmacist. Eva Lati, a Christian pharmacist, in her pharmacy in the Al-Arman neighborhood of Homs ...

Homs, SANA After restoring security and stability to the majority of the neighborhoods of the city of Homs and the halt of the students’ activities for more than four years due to the heinous ...