May 19, 2013
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Homs Governorate is one of the fourteen muhafazat of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from 40,940 km². to 42,223 km². It is thus geographically the largest governorate of Syria. Homs Governorate has a population of 1,763,000. The Homs governorate is divided into 6 administrative districts. Homs is the capital city of the district of Homs.
(via Freebase)
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![Syrian truck blast hits close to UN observer convoy [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-4173000/4173705/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=22dc3c0b2c362af42157bbd27f761a7e)
![Syria holds parliamentary elections amid continuing violence [New TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-4098000/4098199/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=a5ae634e08a571bcb405f52f4c7fcf9d "The banners of parliamentary candidates hang in a street near the Syrian parliament building in Damascus May 1, 2012: REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri")
![Syrian security forces raid Aleppo University following anti-government protests [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-3935000/3935919/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=423d6c0c82b01d5fc30a1efce9745e91)
![UN chief calls for expanded monitoring mission in Syria [New TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-3348000/3348004/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=49340b441df13b2737ed3c86ac391db7 "A handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA, shows Moroccan Colonel Ahmet Himmiche, leader of the first UN monitoring team in Syria, during a visit with his team to a Damascus suburb, one of the locations of protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad April 18, 2012: REUTERS/SANA/Handout")
![Homs shelling continues, as head of UN observers denies coming under fire in Damascus suburb [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-3297000/3297152/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=02d3fe6863224b2a8077803af836f316)
![Syrian troops bombard Homs and other rebel areas [Future TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-3254000/3254268/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=fe95bf607a271b29eac87c0fd37f457e)
![Russia warns arming Syrian opposition would lead to more bloodshed [New TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-2721000/2721713/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=315c705202bae0fcb3a1d15955459b26)