Editing Homs (section)

===Transportation===
Homs is considered a [[transportation hub]] in Syria, by virtue of its central location between the coastal cities and the interior.<ref>Mannheim, 2001, p. 204.</ref> The main bus terminal is Karnak, situated along Hama Street, {{convert|1.5|km}} north of the city centre on the outskirts. The terminal offers connections to most Syrian cities and [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]].<ref name="Carter2">Carter, 2004, p. 159.</ref> It also has international bus connections to Lebanon, [[Jordan]], [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Turkey]]. A second "luxury" bus station is located a little further north. [[Minibus]]es operate from Karnak station with destinations to [[Tartus]], [[Palmyra]], and [[Hama]] in northern Syria, as well as [[Baalbek]], Tripoli, and [[Beirut]] in Lebanon. Newer [[microbus]]es that mostly travel to Hama are also based in Karnak and are mostly used for quick transportation.

[[File:محطة القطارات - panoramio.jpg|thumb|left|The railway station of Homs]]
Homs has a large [[railway station]], with two [[Chemins de Fer Syriens]] operated daily departures to Damascus and Aleppo.<ref name="Carter2"/> The nearest airports are [[Bassel Al-Assad International Airport]] in [[Latakia]] to the west, [[Damascus International Airport]] to the south, [[Aleppo International Airport]] to the north, and [[Palmyra Airport]] in the Syrian Desert to the east.

Hama Street starts at the Old Clock Square in the city center and crosses Homs from south to north, where it continues along the neighbourhood of al-Khaldiyah on to the Karnak station, and turns into the Homs-Hama-Aleppo highway. [[Quwatli Street]], named after former president [[Shukri al-Quwatli]], is a short but vital street that connects the Old Clock Square and Quwatli Square in Downtown Homs. It branches into several smaller streets on its western end, one of which is al-Dablan Street which is the main commercial block in the city, and the other continues west to connect with the Homs-[[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]] highway. On the eastern end, al-Quwatli street continues as al-Hamidiyah Street which crosses the old Christian quarter and continues to the eastern edge of the city. The Homs-Damascus highway crosses the city from the south and reaches the city center in Quwatli Square.<ref>Carter, 2008, p. 156.</ref>