Homs

Damascus yet to keep pledge to respect rights of detainees, UN inquiry team says

Despite Damascus’s pledge, the members noted that families still struggle to find relatives held in custody and many detainees face long periods of detention without judicial review.

Kafr Sousa security complex after it was emptied following the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria December 15, 2024.
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa looks on as he arrives for a working session of the European Council and regional partners during an informal meeting in Nicosia on April 24, 2026.

Syria appoints new cabinet as government settles into power

KURDISH INTERNAL security forces stand guard after seizing a quantity of captagon pills in Qamishli, Syria, March 25, 2025.

Syria announces major drug bust through coordination with Iraq against Captagon trafficking

Members of Syria's security forces stand guard by the New Clock Tower in central Homs, ahead of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice, late on June 4, 2025.

Sectarian attack: Eight dead, 21 injured in Homs mosque incident targeting Alawite minority


Syria lets UN monitors into Homs as shelling stops

Activists claim shelling ceased only to make it look as if gov't was abiding by truce; UNSC to vote on increasing monitors.

UN monitors arrive in Damascus 370

UN experts report violations since Syria truce

Team reports abuses by both sides since ceasefire took hold; shelling and arrests by Syrian forces; executions by rebels

Syrians demonstrate near Homs 370 (R)

Ceasefire jeopardized as Syria warns of crackdown

Advance party of UN observers set to begin monitoring adherence to ceasefire amid reports of fighting between rebels, gov't.

Buildings damaged by Syrian government shelling in Homs 370

Syria says it must be involved in monitors' mission

Saying it cannot protect monitors unless it is involved, gov't also reserves right to refuse them based on their nationality.

Buildings damaged by Syrian government shelling in Homs 370

Homs shelled as UN monitors set to arrive in Syria

Advance party of UN observers set to begin monitoring adherence to ceasefire amid reports of fighting between rebels, gov't.

Buildings damaged by Syrian government shelling in Homs 370

'Syrian forces shell Homs, breaking ceasefire'

In first bombings since tenuous truce takes hold, President Assad's forces attack two central districts in Homs.

Homs after shelling 390

Rights group tracks 'cold-blooded killing' in Syria

Human Rights Watch report details over a dozen incidents of executions of civilians, opposition fighters in broad daylight.

Syrian army tank is seen in Yabroud near Damascus 370

Red Crescent aid center torched in Syria's Homs

Source says saboteurs set fire to the building, while other activists claim shelling set it ablaze.

Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances [file] 390 (R)

Syria violence undiminished by cease-fire deal

Rebels, army clash in north as Homs shelled; activists dismiss April 10 cease-fire pledge; Turkey: UN complicit in oppression.

Damage rubble in the old city of Homs_370

Syria says revolt over, pummels opposition

Violence continues in Homs, other areas, but Damascus says it has upper hand, will withdraw in keeping with UN deal gradually.

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