Tombs of Wahshi and Thawban

Homs

An ice-cream parlour in Homs. Homs is Syria's third-largest city, on the Orontes river in the centre of the country; its old heart holds the Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque, the Church of the Virgin's Belt (Umm al-Zennar) and covered souqs.

Homs

A shrine in Homs. Homs is Syria's third-largest city, on the Orontes river in the centre of the country; its old heart holds the Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque, the Church of the Virgin's Belt (Umm al-Zennar) and covered souqs.

Homs

A cathedral in Homs. Homs is Syria's third-largest city, on the Orontes river in the centre of the country; its old heart holds the Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque, the Church of the Virgin's Belt (Umm al-Zennar) and covered souqs.

Homs

A café in Homs. Homs is Syria's third-largest city, on the Orontes river in the centre of the country; its old heart holds the Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque, the Church of the Virgin's Belt (Umm al-Zennar) and covered souqs.

Homs

A restaurant in Homs. Homs is Syria's third-largest city, on the Orontes river in the centre of the country; its old heart holds the Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque, the Church of the Virgin's Belt (Umm al-Zennar) and covered souqs.

Homs

The Church of the Virgin's Belt (Umm al-Zennar) is a Syriac Orthodox church in old Homs that keeps a belt believed to be the Virgin Mary's; tradition dates the first church on the site to AD 59, while the present building dates from 1852.