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Archive Home > 2011 > October > 02 > Key Syrian city takes on tone of a civil war

Key Syrian city takes on tone of a civil war

By New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
October 2, 2011

HOMS, Syria — The semblance of a civil war has erupted in Homs, Syria’s third-largest city, where armed protesters now call themselves revolutionaries, gunbattles at times erupt every few hours, security forces and opponents carry out assassinations, and rifles costing as much as $2,000 a piece....

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