Back To Homs: Thousands Of Syrians Return To Scenes Of Horrendous Destruction After Surrender Of 'Capital Of The Revolution' -- Daily Mail
* Old quarters of Homs, once a thriving city of a million people, were at centre of battle between rebels and government
* Whole city blocks have been pounded into hollowed-out buildings and streets are littered with burnt-out cars
* Two field hospitals and a network of secret tunnels to surrounding countryside discovered in battle-scarred areas
* Conflict has killed more than 150,000 since March 2011 and peace deal is major victory for Syrian President Assad
Thousands of people who fled Syria's 'capital of the revolution' two years ago returned today to see the apocalyptic destruction wreaked on their city.
Snapping photographs on their phones, the displaced first began wandering nervously down paths carved from rubble yesterday in the old quarters of Homs, where thousands died in the ultimately failed battle by rebels against the troops of President Bashar al-Assad.
The scene that greeted them was devastating. Whole city blocks had been pounded into an endless scene of hollowed-out buildings, covered in dust. The streets were littered with shattered concrete bricks, toppled telephone poles and charred, crumpled skeletons of cars.
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Update #1: Hundreds of Syrians return to Homs to find a city of death -- The Telegraph
Update #2: Homs truce underscores high degree of Iranian involvement -- Brooklyn Midleton, Al Arabiya
My Comment: The destruction is unbelievable. It is going to take years to rebuild .... and the anger and animosities even longer.