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Workers collect material to be recycled and reused for reconstruction, under the supervision of the United Nations Development Programme in government-controlled Homs, Syria.

Syria’s concrete-block architecture contributed to its unraveling

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The construction of Brutalist-style featureless apartments hastened the loss of cohesion in Syrian society, according to Homs architect Marwa al-Sabouni, whose book “The Battle for Home” and accompanying TED talk offer a new vision.

Syrian Army forces look on as buses leave district of Waer during a truce between the government and rebels, in Homs, Syria.

As Syrian rebels evacuate, they leave behind a battered Homs

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Much of Homs is a devastated and deserted wasteland. This photo is from March.

Rebels surrender most of the key city of Homs in Syria

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Much of Homs is a devastated and deserted wasteland. This photo is from March.

Rebels surrender most of the key city of Homs in Syria

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Vehicles burn after two car bombs exploded in the Karm al-Louz neighbourhood in Homs.

Why some rebels are ‘determined to make a last stand’ in the Syrian city of Homs

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Escaping Homs

Many of those trapped in the Syrian city of Homs are finally getting out

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At least 1,100 people have been evacuated from Homs, a city that has been under siege for nearly three years during Syria’s civil war. But twice as many are still left in the city, either too sick or scared to leave. And a UN official says those evacuated are often just “a bag of bones.

Children sit with their belongings as they wait to be evacuated from a besieged area of Homs February 12, 2014.

Aid workers scramble to assist people evacuated from Homs during a shaky ceasefire

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More residents of the besieged Syrian city of Homs were able to evacuate Wednesday, as a shaky ceasefire allowed a UN humanitarian intervention to continue.

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A new Frontline documentary covers the ‘second front’ in Syria between rebels and jihadists

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The Syrian war has changed in its three years. The Free Syrian Army forces that were attacking the Assad regime and its government soldiers are now locked in battle with Islamic fighters, who were once their allies. PBS Frontline journalist Muhammad Ali slipped across the Syrian border to report on this “second front” in Syria.

Civilians stand along a street in Homs. Washington called on the Syrian government on Monday to allow aid convoys into Homs, where "people are starving", and said that all civilians must be allowed to leave the besieged area freely.

Why some residents of the besieged Syrian city of Homs are staying put

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It’s a hellish life in war-ravaged Homs, but activist Abo Rami says despite the suffering, anti-government activists like him are staying put in Homs.

Kidnappings reported as Lebanese strain under Syrian refugee load

Lebanon has become home to thousands of Syrian refugees, trying to flee the ongoing violence in the Middle Eastern country. Now, at least in one area of Lebanon, tensions are breaking into the open, with Syrians and Lebanese kidnapping one another over the weekend.