Sources: BBC
After capturing the town of Talbiseh and the city of Al-Rastan, rebel forces capture several more towns and villages in the northern countryside of Homs Governorate, Syria, reaching the town of Al-Dar al-Kabirah and approaching the outskirts of Homs. 2024-12-6
Sixteen people are killed and many more injured by a car bomb and a second, delayed explosion near a hospital in Syria's mainly Alawite, government-controlled neighborhood of al-Zahra, east of Homs' old city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports. The attack comes just five days after the government and rebels agreed on a local ceasefire in the western al-Waer suburb. 2015-12-12
A suspected Russian airstrike is said to have killed dozens of members of one family in Homs, Syria. 2015-10-18
Syrian activists claim that at least 35 people have died in a Syrian Army offensive in Homs over the past day. 2012-06-10
Refugees fleeing Homs in Syria accuse security forces of committing atrocities there. 2012-03-5
Two Western journalists are killed in the Syrian city of Homs, American Marie Colvin working for the "Sunday Times" and French photographer Remi Ochlik. 2012-02-22
2011 Syrian uprising: Renewed violence takes place in the city of Homs as Arab League observers arrive in Syria to monitor the country's ongoing uprising. 2011-12-26
There are reports of more than 60 bodies being taken to hospitals in the Syrian town of Homs. 2011-12-5
2011 Syrian uprising: At least 25 people are killed in the Syrian city of Homs after tanks and security troops open fire on anti-regime protesters. 2011-10-18