As insurgents departed their last besieged positions in Homs this week, the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Yacoub el Hillo, said the area was “incredibly & comprehensively destroyed…now uninhabitable”.
The Old City:
(Photo: AP)
(Photo: Wissam Abdo/BBC)
(Photo: AFP)
Regime forces celebrate:
(Photo: Wissam Abdo/BBC)
State media’s far different picture of Homs — Governor Talat Barazi tours an unnamed area:
