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Syria announces end of Homs security sweep: state media
S yrian state media said a five-day security operation in Homs city ended Monday, with a war monitor reporting hundreds of arrests in sweeps mostly targeting neighbourhoods of ousted president ...
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Syria’s rebels took Homs back from Assad in a matter of days. Now they have to police it
It is a quandary facing every city across Syria: who will rule and how? Homs, Syria’s third city, is nicknamed the “cradle of the revolution”. It witnessed some of the fiercest battles of ...
Herald Malaysia4d
Archbishop of Homs: Syria is key to global peace
By Olivier Bonnel and Kielce Gussie Syria's transitional president Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a constitutional declaration on ...
The Globe and Mail20d
In Syria’s Alawite heartland, fears mount after mass killings
To visit the Alawite community of Homs, you have to drive through a checkpoint controlled by masked gunmen from the General Security department of Syria’s new government. Whether those troops ...
The Washington Post24d
Syria clashes kill dozens in worst violence since fall of Assad regime
The fighting and reprisal killings were centered in Syria’s coastal region of Latakia, a heartland for the Alawite sect, and spilled into neighboring Homs and Tartus provinces, demographically ...
The New York Times21d
As People Are Abducted on Unpatrolled Streets, Syrians Demand Better Protection
Now, many residents fear going out after dark. By Raja Abdulrahim Photographs by Kiana Hayeri Reporting from Homs, Syria The first ransom demand came in a text message on Sami al-Izoo’s phone 10 ...
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Syria’s Homs province ready to receive refugees
HOMS /Syria/, March 22. /TASS/. Syria’s Homs province is ready to receive refugees, including those from the Rukban camp, and ensure decent living conditions for them, Homs Deputy Governor Amir ...
Al-Monitor12d
‘Afraid of what’s next’: Alawites in Syria’s Homs on edge after revenge attacks
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...
Human Rights Watch20d
Syria: End Coastal Killing Spree, Protect Civilians
(New York) – Summary executions and other atrocities have taken place in Syria’s coastal region following ... majority villages in the western Homs countryside. On January 23, security forces ...
The Economist25d
Syria has got rid of Bashar al-Assad, but not sectarian tensions
Syria’s biggest port, killed four people including an army officer from the recently overthrown regime who was supposed to be protected by an amnesty. A day later in Qardaha, the ancestral home ...
Wall Street Journal10y
In Homs, Syria, Kidnapping's Toll on Families
In Homs, Syria, the Youssef family faced the pain of a son and brother's disappearance. Part of Syria Shattered, a WSJ Special Project. Canada’s Trudeau Blames Trump for Trade War ...