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Two years after the last Syrian rebels left the besieged Old City of Homs, voices echo through the shells of bombed-out buildings, their upper floors tilted at odd angles as though frozen in time.
A car bomb exploded Saturday in a government-held neighborhood in the central Syrian city of Homs, killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens, state media and an opposition monitoring group said.
Hundreds of rebels and their families on Wednesday left the last opposition-held neighborhood of Homs as part of a local truce that will bolster government control of the city, while opposition groups met in Saudi Arabia to forge a united front ahead of proposed peace talks.
Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes captured areas from the ISIS group in the central province of Homs on Monday
Syrian government forces launched an offensive Thursday in the central province of Homs under the cover of Russian airstrikes.
Syria began its United Nations-mandated ceasefire on Thursday amid skepticism.
The Syrian army launched more assaults in other parts of the country, local activists told media on Wednesday.
The United Nations humanitarian chief, Valerie Amos, said she was shocked over what she had witnessed in Syria last week, again calling on President Bashar Assad’s regime to allow unfettered access to humanitarian aid groups.
Syrian security forces launched another attack on the city of Homs, this time targeting the neighborhood of al-Zeytoun.
The Red Cross on Sunday said that it has still not been able to access the Homs neighborhood of Baba Amr, which has been under heavy assault by the Syrian army for weeks.
The European Union on Monday agreed to place more sanctions on Syria, citing the “regime’s continued use of violence against civilians.”
Syrian government forces began shelling the southern city of Daraa, the city where the first protests broke out.
Syrian President Bashar Assad called for a constitutional referendum on Wednesday to end decades of single-party rule.
Syrian activists said on Monday that security forces have fired missiles, mortars, and artillery shells at neighborhoods in Homs.
