In December 2024, Syrian rebels began an offensive, entering Homs and taking control of the city on December 8.

Etymology

The city's modern name is an Arabic form of the city's Latin name Emesus, derived from the Greek Émesa or Émesos, or Hémesa.

Most sources claim that the name Emesa in turn derived from the name of the nomadic Arab tribe known in Greek as Emesenoi, who