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Homs

American  
[hawms] / hɔms /

noun

  1. a city in W Syria.


Homs British  
/ 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)

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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

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

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

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

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

From BBC • May 15, 2025

The distance from the aviation field near Tripoli to Homs is 110 kilometers and is usually made in fifty minutes.

From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Holt, Mathew Joseph

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