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Homs

American

[hawms] / hɔms /

noun

a city in W Syria.

Homs British

/ hɒms, hʊms /

noun

Ancient name: Emesa. Former name: Hims. a city in W Syria, near the Orontes River: important in Roman times as the capital of Phoenicia-Lebanesia. Pop: 915 000 (2005 est)

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Late last month, thousands of people demonstrated on the coast to protest fresh attacks targeting Alawites in Homs and other regions.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

A Syrian security source told AFP that the US strikes targeted IS cells in Syria's vast Badia desert including in Homs, Deir Ezzor and Raqa provinces, and did not include ground operations.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

Homs, like most parts of Syria, gets only a few hours of electricity a day.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

He trained as an architect in Homs and now researches at the University of Oxford in the UK.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

Doctors and medicines were unobtainable, for all were requisitioned for the needs of the army, and in Damascus and Tripoli, in Hama and Homs, the epidemic spread like a forest fire.

From Crescent and Iron Cross by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)

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