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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Protesters rallied in several locations including Damascus and central Syria's Homs, decrying Israeli incursions and attacks in the southern Quneitra and Daraa provinces, state media reported.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

For others in Homs, there's no happy return.

From BBC ● May 15, 2025

In the Homs district the threatening plague of locusts in February 1917 was combatted by Germans; and a German expert, Dr. Bucher, had been already sent to superintend the whole question.

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

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