The city of Homs in central Syria has long held a unique ... Instead they have conducted showy raids of neighbourhoods associated with the old regime, summarily rounding up hundreds of young ...

In early January, the new government launched a "sweep operation" in Homs ... in the old town transformed into a stronghold for Free Syrian Army insurgents. The city also saw an increase in ...

(AP Photo/Leo Correa) HOMS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on ... saying that the video was old. A Syrian boy stands under ...