Homs Quiets as Observers Near

CALM

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 5:07PM EDT / Published Apr. 21, 2012 7:35AM EDT

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A British-based human-rights organization and activists said on Saturday that the battered Syrian city of Homs suddenly has the appearance of peace about it as United Nations observers are expected Saturday. According to one activist, forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have holed up, hiding their tanks in a police station in preparation for the visit. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it’s the first calm the city, which has been devastated by regime attacks, has experienced in over a week.

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Homs Quiets as Observers Near

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