The wasteland: Horrifying aerial pictures show full scale of destruction of Syrian city of Homs
Truther
House after house, block after block it is a scene of the most appalling devastation.
Not one building has escaped the onslaught of countless mortars, bombs and bullets in Syria’s savage civil war. The only signs of life in Homs are out-of-control weeds. Syria’s third largest city – and the home of 650,000 people before tens of thousands fled or were killed – now looks as if it has been blasted back to the Stone Age.
The picture shows the city’s strategic Khalidiya district which troops loyal to president Bashar al-Assad have just retaken after weeks of fierce fighting with rebels.
The counter-offensive, which also saw the government make gains around the capital Damascus, was supported by Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas.
At least 100,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict, which started with peaceful protests against Assad’s rule in March 2011. Nearly two million refugees have fled.
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