IMG_189-0044

Homs (English: /hɒms/ , English: /hmshmzhʊms/ , , ; Arabic: حِمْص / ALA-LC: Arabic: [ħɪmsˤ]; Levantine Arabic: / Ḥomṣ Arabic: [ħɔmsˤ]), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa (English: /ˈɛməsə/ ; ), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is above sea level and is located north of Damascus. Located on the Orontes River, Homs is also the central link between the interior cities and the Mediterranean coast. Before the Syrian Civil War, Homs was a major industrial ce…