Because of its religious diversity and bloody history during the civil war, the city is considered a test case for the new ...

The Syrian Civil War would be frozen in place for the next four years. In this Feb. 26, 2016 file photo, a Syrian boy rides a ...

(AP Photo/Leo Correa) HOMS, Syria ... before it,” said Fayrouzeh resident Sarab Kashi. “The guys from HTS volunteered and stood as guards on the door of the churches.” The city’s Sunni ...

Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor, told AFP that 150 people had been arrested in Homs city and at least 500 others detained in the Homs area. "Some ...

Territorial control over this stretch of road was one of the best ways to mark the winners and losers in the long, brutal civil war. Syrian ... city, Aleppo, with Hama, Homs, and Damascus, before ...

Air strikes targeted a bridge on the highway linking the Syrian cities of Homs and Hama, a war monitor said Friday ... Syria's third-largest city which lies just 40 kilometres (25 miles) south ...

a Britain-based war monitor, has said more than 100,000 people have died in detention from torture or dire health conditions across Syria since 2011. Rafic al-Mohbani, 46, from Homs, has been ...

EU officials agreed to begin easing sanctions on Syria. Dozens of people were executed this weekend in the city of Homs.