The Old City is the most condensed area of Homs, and it includes the neighbourhoods of Bab Tadmur, Bab al-Dreib, Bab Hud and the immediate vicinity of the citadel, covering an area of 1.2 square kilometres (0.46 sq mi). [95]

Jan 7, 2025 · Homs is a city in central Syria that is situated near the Orontes River and is the only natural gateway in Syria to the Mediterranean coast. It was one of the main centers of the Syrian Uprising of 2011–12 and in the subsequent civil war it later fell to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in 2024.

Homs Governor Talal Barazi told the Associated Press that 21,000 families, amounting 30 per cent of Homs city’s original population of 1.2 million, have returned. Riad said he hopes that once reconstruction begins, there will be demand for him as the 70-year-old man was a construction worker for most of his life.

The Citadel of Homs, also known as Homs Castle or Qalaat Homs (Arabic: قلعة حمص), is a historic building now mostly ruined in Homs, Syria. The citadel was built on top of an ancient tell southwest of the Old City, with remains dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE. [1]

Arethusa (al-Rastan), twenty-five kilometers north of Homs, was built by the Seleucid Empire in the third century BCE. And of course, there was Palmyra much farther away, 150 kilometers to the east. From this perspective, the current city of Homs …

Dec 9, 2015 · 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 embraced the call to...

Sep 19, 2014 · While often overlooked by visitors, the old city of Homs (حمص) is rich in historic residential architecture. Most of these houses were constructed during the Mamluk and Ottoman eras, with some remains dating back to earlier Islamic periods.

It is hard to imagine that Homs, a gem in the Syrian interior little known to the outside world, has suffered Dresden-like devastation. Its old center, which once bustled with life and activity, is now nothing but a chilling ghost town that echoes the names of the dead.

Homs is an ancient city dating back to the year 2300 B.C and was known in Roman times as Emesa, which contained a great temple to the sun god El Gebal (Aramaic; Latin: Elagabalus; Greek: Heliogabalus).

The siege of Homs was a military confrontation between the Syrian Ba'athist regime and the Syrian opposition in the city of Homs, a major rebel stronghold during the Syrian Civil War. The siege lasted three years from May 2011 to May 2014, and ultimately resulted in an opposition withdrawal from the city. [4]