Urban resilience in Homs, Syria, during and after the conflict. He walks for about half an hour every day to reach the market to buy groceries.Within days, the young man was put on so-called trial by the group, which sentenced him to death for being a government supporter and ruled in favor of punishing his elder sister, who teaches at a government-run school.Sumaya's younger brother was about to turn 18 in 2015 and wanted to move to Turkey to find a job and escape compulsory military service. Research (PDF Available) ... Homs before the war, people praying in the walled city of Homs (2010). Once Syria’s largest city, Aleppo has been the worst-hit city in the country since the Battle of Aleppo began in 2012 as part of the ongoing Syrian Civil War. Written and produced by Bella Hurrell, John Walton, Nassos Stylianou, Ed Lowther, Mike Hills, Khalil Lubbard, Mohamed Yehia.The war in Syria has raged for five years and claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million people. It is 501 metres (1,644 ft) above sea level and is located 162 kilometres (101 mi) north of Damascus. Across Syria, where a seemingly unstoppable war is about to enter a third year, a heritage built over 5,000 years or more is being steadily buried under rubble.Homs itself has fared even worse. "They were sleepy tree-lined boulevards where people lived and worked, time-worn markets where they came to trade and exquisitely detailed mosques where, throughout the ages, they prayed.All now stand in ruins, ravaged by a war that is not only killing generations of Syrians but also eradicating all around them, including sites that have stood since the dawn of civilisation. The Global Heritage Fund's director of Global Projects, Dan Thompson said: "All of the country's world heritage sites have sustained damage, including the Unesco site cities, and a great many of the other monuments in the country have been damaged, destroyed or have been subject to severe looting.These before and after pictures show the old world order of Syria reflected for decades in history books; where people bought wares in marketplaces or mingled in mosque courtyards. But it could just as easily encapsulate the damage done in parts of the capital, Damascus, or in towns and villages from Idlib in the north to Deraa in the south, where the first stirrings of insurrection in March 2011 sparked the war. Syria's heritage in ruins: before-and-after pictures The war in Syria has claimed more than 130,000 lives and, as these images reveal, it is also laying waste to its … Videos by Assaf Abboud and Joe Inwood. Development by Punit Shah. The governorate has renovated the old covered marketplace as well as some of the city's old churches, and the city's famous Khaled bin al-Waleed mosque is undergoing renovation. "He was unjustly treated by the dogs."Bairuty and her mother, Tamador Shilar, both said their relatives tipped off the extremist, IS-linked group Jund al-Aqsa about him, telling them that he and his family were strong government supporters. The United Nations estimates that 17.9 million people still live in Syria — down from 24.5 million before the war broke out. Those who dare raise their heads above the ruins, towards the ancient citadel that stands at the centre of the city, can also see damage to several of its walls.Speaking this week, she said the threat to Syria's heritage was now greater than ever. In 2012, the Bairuty family fled to Damascus after their neighborhood fell into rebel hands. Economic hardship and decreased security mean even sites away from the fighting are looted. 17 janv. ... located around 15 miles west of Homs, where the Syrian regime was believed to keep a … "Shelling, shooting, heavy machinery installed in sites, and major looting are the leading causes of damage and destruction to the sites, although I would not discount that vandalism is also playing a part. "The destruction of towns and villages is regularly revealed by raw, and often revolting, videos uploaded to the web, which many people stopped watching long ago. Homs , known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa (/ˈɛməsə/; Ancient Greek: Ἔμεσα, romanized: Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. He was killed by insurgents in the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib.Shilar said she is worried about the future and thinks that even if Homs is rebuilt, reconciliation is a long way off.After they moved into their latest apartment, the U.N. helped the family fix it up by installing new windows and doors and closing the gaping holes in the walls.Bairuty's father, Mohammed Riad, said they are lucky to have a home, adding that they now get 12 hours of electricity every day and two hours of drinking water.
A year later they returned to Homs, renting several homes before moving into the building of Sumaya's maternal grandparents in October 2016, a bit more than two years after government forces recaptured all of central Homs.For Sumaya's family, the main sorrow remains the loss of her youngest sibling, Rabih, in 2015. The United Nations estimates that 17.9 million people still live in Syria — down from 24.5 million before the war broke out. But most of the neighborhoods are still sprawling ruins."It's the feeling of any woman who lost her son and he was not guilty," she said, as she wiped tears from her face. In one shot, a destroyed tank stands in the centre of a street.