Homs, Syria
AFP EXCLUSIVE Syrian troops patrol the village of Haydariyah, some seven kilometers outside the rebel-held city of Qusayr, after taking control of it, on May 13, 2013. Syrian troops captured three villages in the strategic Qusayr area of Homs province, allowing them to cut supply lines to rebels inside Qusayr town, a military officer told.
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Hezbollah chose to clone the Israeli crimes committed against the people of Lebanon and apply them against the people in the Syrian town of Qusair and the villages near Homs
The Syrian regime, including Shabiha [pro-government militia] and a lot of troops, are trying to break into Wadi al-Sayeh district, because it is the border that splits [government-controlled] Karam Shamsham from Old Homs, which is still in the hands of the Free Syrian Army.
The Syrians and the Lebanese hoped... that the Hezbollah leadership would stop their attacks on Homs and Damascus and take into account the gravity of the situation in the regionMore quotes »
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Syrian rebels capture parts of army base in Homs
-- Syrian activists say rebels have captured large parts of a military base in the strategic central Homs province, near the border with Lebanon.The Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday that opposition fighters now control most of the Read more »
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Falling for Moscow’s Syria trickery
the most decisive battle of the civil war so far is being fought in and around Qusair, a Sunni Muslim town of 60,000 in the Homs province. Six miles from the Lebanese border, Qusair is a vital link in the rebels’ logistics. The current battle started two weeks 1:14 AM from New York Post Read more »
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Revenge of the Bear: Russia Strikes Back in Syria
Lebanon, an important smuggling route for the rebels and the key to the central city of Homs. The Baath government needs to keep Homs in order for Russia to resupply the capital via the Syrian port of Latakia on the Mediterranean. The Syrian government’s victories 1:10 AM from Truth Dig Read more »
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Shias, mass media, and Hezbollah: What lies behind the battle for Qusair
with the Shias living on both sides. There is an important high point between Qusair and the Lebanese village Al-Qasr. The Syrian army was forced to leave this area in the fall of 2012, so locals lost their protection. Opposition fighters took over the region 5/20/13 from Russia Today Read more »
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Hezbollah in big Syria battle, Obama ‘concerned’
links between the capital and government strongholds in the Alawite coastal heartland via the contested central city of Homs. The government campaign has coincided with efforts by the United States and Russia, despite their differences on Syria, to organise 5/20/13 from The Malaysian Insider Read more »
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Syria: no place for back-seat drivers | Editorial
had been present in Syria for some time, but their overt role in the fight for a strategic border town linking Damascus to Homs and the regime's core support in the Alawite hinterland is, potentially, a game-changer. If it ever had been an open question whether 5/20/13 from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
