The Latest Breaking News from Homs

Army retreats from city and Insurgents say they will now push on towards Homs

A stream of refugees fleeing Lebanon to Syria have been crossing a narrow makeshift bridge in the Qusair area of Syria’s Homs province since the official border crossing was put out of commission by an Israeli strike two days earlier

Air raids target the central Damascus neighbourhood of Kafr Sousa and a military facility in the west of the country.

At least 22 people were killed and 117 wounded in Israeli air strikes that hit two different areas in central Beirut on Thursday evening, Lebanon’s health ministry said – the third such attack on the capital since Israel escalated its air campaign last month. The news came after the UN…

Israel’s defense minister says the military would expand its operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah

Israeli airstrikes in Homs, Syria, have reportedly caused civilian casualties and damage to property. Tensions escalate in the region as the conflict conti...

Activists say the Syrian leader’s denunciation of Israel’s actions is hypocritical — and those actions mirror his own.

The armed group waged parallel attacks in the regions of Raqqa, Homs, and Deir ez-Zor.

This article accompanies an episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast featuring an interview with the author, Ammar Azzouz.

Homs was once the centre of the Syrian revolution. Today, 12 years on, much of the city remains scarred and deserted after years of siege and heavy bombardment.

Funerals held for victims of attack on military academy during graduation ceremony.