Thursday, February 4, 2016

Drone Footage Shows The Destruction Of Homs, Syria's Third-Largest City



National Post/Washington Post: Drone footage reveals the endless rubble that was once Homs, Syria’s third-largest city

A video captured by a Russian drone-filming company illustrates the total horror of Syria’s now five-year-long war. The camera sweeps over a section of Homs, a city north of Damascus that was once the country’s third-largest urban centre, a bustling home to some 600,000 people.

Now, much of Homs is a hollowed-out ghost town. Buildings and apartment complexes are emptied husks, their windows blasted out, walls and roofs reduced to rubble. Only a few people walk the dusty streets. The vista captured by the drone is one of total ruin and desolation.

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More News On Drone Footage Showing The Destruction Of Homs, Syria's Third-Largest City

Drone Captures View of a Devastated Syrian City -- NYT
Homs destroyed: Drone vision shows completely abandoned ruins of Syrian city -- ABC News (Australia)
Dramatic drone footage shows devastation of Syrian city -- CBS
Drone footage shows Syrian city devastated by war -- 9 News
Haunting drone footage shows the utter devastation of what used to be one of Syria's largest cities -- Business Insider
This shocking drone footage from Syria shows what a destroyed city looks like -- VOX

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