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Хомс после месяца боев. Фоторепортаж

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Destruction: This aerial view shows the destruction in the al-Khalidiyah neighbourhood of Homs, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting as government forces bid to flush rebels into the open

Британское издание DailyMail представило фоторепортаж из сирийского Хомса. Этот третий по величине город страны был одним из оплотов оппозиции, ведущей войну с президентом Башаром Асадом.

После месяца боев Хомс практически пал, однако большая его часть превратилась в руины. Часть 650-тысячного населения Хомса покинула место ожесточенных боев, а повстанческим силам нанесен серьезный удар.

Хомс занимает стратегически важное положение между столицей Дамаском и береговыми районам, через него проходят главные дороги, поэтому его потеря может стать фатальной для противников действующего президента.

Ранее правительственные войска выбили противника из двух других крупных городов страны – Талкалах и Кусейр.
 

Destruction: This aerial view shows the destruction in the al-Khalidiyah neighbourhood of Homs, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting as government forces bid to flush rebels into the openKhaled bin Walid mosque whose mausoleum has been partially destroyed in the al-Khalidiyah neighbourhood of the central Syrian city of Homs

 

Shells of houses: The Khaled bin Walid Mosque is scarred and pockmarked from shrapnel spat into the city by the daily explosions that hit the city. Beyond the mosque, the shells of buildings and homes give the city the look of a post-apocalyptic wasteland


Tragic: The once glorious Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque in the heavily disputed northern neighborhood of Khaldiyeh, Homs, lies in ruins after being hit by shells during the long bombardment of the city

Bruised and battered: From the outside, the Khalid Ibn al-Walid Mosque looks little better

Ghost town: Many of the roads in Homs are completely empty giving this once great city the look and feel of a ghost town, populated only by the thousands of souls who died here

Poignant: An empty chair sits among the shells of buildings is a haunting reminder of the life that used to fill the streets of Homs. They are now empty and desolate


No respite: Syrian youths inspect the site of a car bomb explosion at a roundabout on the outskirts of Homs

Fire and smoke: Smoke and flames rise in the Khalidiyah neighbourhood of Homs after an attack by Syrian forces

Patrol: Syrian government forces patrol in the Khalidiyah neighbourhood of Homs. They claim to have broken the rebel resistance in the area

 

Still fighting: A Syrian soldier fires his weapon through a hole in a wall in the areaStill fighting: A Syrian soldier fires his weapon through a hole in a wall in the area


Trundling on: A government tank patrols the neighbourhood under a shroud of smoke

 

Victory? Syrian soldiers pose for a photo while holding the Syrian flag in al-Khalidyya neighborhood which they claim to have secured