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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- A city of west-central Syria north of Damascus. Birthplace of the Roman emperor Heliogabalus, it was taken by the Arabs in 636. Egypt controlled the city from 1831 to 1840. Population: 736,000.
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- proper n. a city in Syria
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By August 2006, after a meeting in Homs, Syria, he had joined al-Qaeda in Iraq, a homegrown Sunni movement that U.S. officials say is led by foreigners and that embraced a radical strain of Islam.
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On Thursday, video footage of fire and smoke that activists identified as the Homs pipeline also shows tanks as shooting sounds go off in the background.
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Casualties have been streaming out of the besieged city of Homs, which is under heavy bombardment by Assad's forces.
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Other cities confirmed to have witnessed protests include Banias on the coast; Homs, which is north of the capital, Damascus; the eastern city of Deir Ezzor; and Damascus, where a small gathering was held inside the central Omyyad mosque.
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More photos and interactive graphics Reuters Mourners carry coffins on Monday during the funerals of protesters killed in weekend clashes in Homs, which is Syria's third-largest city.
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The comments came as The Syrian National Council, an opposition umbrella group, called Homs "a humanitarian disaster," appealed for humanitarian aid and renewed its request for civilian protection and international and Arab observers in Syria.
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The videos showed the bodies of men that activists identified as Homs residents Diaa al-Najjar and Bassem al-Saqlini.
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France called the Homs killings a "massacre" and a "crime against humanity".
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Over the years, many Syrians have referred to Homs as "mother of the poor" because the cost of living is lower.
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France called the Homs assault a "massacre" and a "crime against humanity".
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