Homs

Other Names: Hims
Location: 160km north of Damascus; province of.Hims.
Subordinate to: The Syrian Missile Command
Primary Function: It is reported that this facility produces Scud C and D missiles, in addition to nonconventional weapons; missile testing.

Description: Analysts have described this site as a "huge complex that covers many miles." A huge blast on March 24 of 2002 left one building destroyed and several others damaged. Intelligence assessments suggest that the missile and WMD production line were spared however, and destruction was confined to a conventional weapons factory.

A missile test site is located 15km south of Homs.

Sources:
[1] "Missile Factory Blows Up in Syria," World Tribune.com, April 3, 2002 accessed on 24 March 2004
[2] "Syria's WMD Production Line Spared by Blast," Middle East Newsline, May 6, 2002, www.menewsline.com accessed on 19 April, 2004
[3] "Homs," Global Security.org, May 23, 2003 www.globalsecrrity.org accessed on 26 April 2004.

	Updated August 2004