Homs

[hawms]

noun

1. a city in W Syria.

Homs

/ hɒms, hʊms /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

Protester Mona, 25, said that "what happened in Homs is unacceptable".

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The killings happened in the village of Anaz in Wadi al-Nasara, or the Valley of the Christians – an area of rolling hills in rural Homs province in western Syria.

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Less than an hour's drive away, in the city of Homs, there are almost daily reports of kidnappings and drive by shootings.

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By cross checking information from local media reports, contacts on the ground and human rights groups, we estimate that at least 40 Alawites were killed in Homs in separate attacks between 5 June and 31 October.

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In a modest home in a mixed neighbourhood of Homs, a pink-walled bedroom has become a shrine.

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