First batch of Syrian civilians evacuated from Homs
HOMS- 83 civilians were evacuated on Friday from the government sieged city of Homs following the talks launched two weeks ago between rivals to try to end the country’s civil war. The…
Syrian troops blast Homs, residents plead for help
Syrian forces on Wednesday hammered rebel belts in the central city of Homs, where besieged residents desperately pleaded for humanitarian assistance, and in the northern city of Aleppo, a watchdog said. Shells…
Troops enter key rebel district of Homs
Syrian troops entered the rebel district of Khaldiyeh in the besieged central city of Homs on Tuesday, state television said. “Our valiant armed forces have secured large parts of Khaldiyeh district and…
Troops pound Syria’s Homs, 48 killed
Syrian troops pounded several rebel-held districts in the central city of Homs on Tuesday, as the death toll mounted across the country, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. In total, at…
Regime forces besiege Homs, 69 killed across Syria
Syrian troops besieged several districts of the central city of Homs on Sunday, a day after violence across the country cost at least 69 lives, a watchdog reported. Shelling and shooting targeted…
72 killed across Syria Tuesday: rights group
At least 72 people, the majority of them civilians, were killed across Syria on Tuesday, a watchdog said, adding that a mother and her five children kidnapped earlier this week were also…
Syrian army overruns Idlib, rebels flee: activist
The Syrian army has seized full control of Idlib following a four-day assault and rebel troops have fled, an activist in the northwest city told AFP on Wednesday. “Since last night there…
47 bodies found after ‘massacre’ in Homs: Syria activists
The bodies of 47 women and children have been found in the Syrian city of Homs, where security forces have been fighting raging battles against armed rebels, activists and state television said…
68 civilians killed in Homs region ‘massacre’
Armed men killed 68 people on Monday in a “massacre” in the rebel central province of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights head said. “Sixty-eight civilians were killed today in the…
Red Cross make new rescue bid in Syria’s Homs
The Red Cross made a new attempt on Saturday to bring out people trapped in the besieged Syrian city Homs, two of them wounded Western journalists, after a first successful rescue of…
Syrian forces pound Homs as protests spread in Damascus
Syrian forces on Tuesday blitzed the flashpoint city of Homs and opened fire to disperse daring protesters in the capital, monitors said, as the Red Cross sought ways to deliver aid to…
Homs battered as civilian plight worsens
Syria’s army killed at least six civilians Tuesday in the heaviest shelling of Homs for several days, monitors said, as the international community warned of a humanitarian disaster in the city. The…
13 killed in Syria’s flashpoint Homs
Heavy gunfire in Syria’s flashpoint central city Homs killed 13 people on Monday in the Sunni district of Baba Amro, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement. “The rounds…
Turkish pilgrims attacked as 4 die in Syria
Buses carrying Turkish pilgrims came under attack near the Syrian city of Homs as at least four more people were killed Monday in a regime crackdown in the same flashpoint region, reports…
Syrian troops kill 13, ten in Homs
Syrian security forces killed 13 civilians on Friday, 10 of them in the flashpoint central city of Homs, where the death of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi galvanised mass protests, rights activists said.…
Six killed in Homs as Syria death toll rises
Six civilians, including one woman, were shot dead in Syria on Wednesday as the ruling regime continued its brutal crackdown on a seven-month popular protest, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.…
7 dead as Syria forces sweep through Homs: activists
Syria’s security forces shot dead at least seven people as they launched a huge operation in the central flashpoint city of Homs Wednesday, rights activists said. “Security forces opened fire during a…
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