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Homs’s troubles show the challenges facing Syria’s leaders
Map: The Economist The mounting chaos in Homs exemplifies the challenge Mr Sharaa faces all over Syria. His government must ensure the safety of all ethnic groups while paying heed to the desire ...
Wall Street Journal3mon
Map: Where Are the Syrian Rebel Forces?
The rebels’ rapid advance from their strongholds in northern Syria has seen them take the strategic cities of Aleppo, Hama and Homs, as government forces melted away. Earlier, rebels said they ...
WRVO11d
Meet the Syrians behind the music that inspired a revolution
HOMS, Syria — His face is everywhere in Syria ... And he continued to collaborate with the singer. He paid to obtain a map of the city's sewage system. The singer and the songwriter traversed the ...
Syrian government loyalists accused of executing civilians as violence erupts
Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to ...
France 2426d
Syrians return to Homs, 'capital of the revolution'
Homs (Syria) (AFP) – Once dubbed the capital of the revolution against Bashar al-Assad, Homs saw some of the fiercest fighting in Syria's civil war. Now, displaced people are returning to their ...
Syrian security forces accused of killing dozens of Alawites
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 162 civilians were "executed" in a coastal region linked to ousted ...