Syrian rebels have driven government forces from Hama, a major city that the country’s regime had held over more than a decade of civil war, further weakening President Bashar al-Assad’s grip ...

Syrian rebels celebrated on the streets of Hama after the Syrian military pulled ... which the rebels captured last week after launching a surprise offensive from their stronghold in the north ...

Islamist-led rebels captured the central Syrian city of Hama on Thursday in a new blow to President Bashar al-Assad's forces days after they lost the country's commercial hub Aleppo. The rebels ...

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syrian rebels captured the city of Hama on Thursday, a major victory in a week-old lightning advance across northern Syria and a devastating new blow to President Bashar ...

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels battled government forces and allied militia on Wednesday in villages north and east of Hama, a major city whose capture would pile pressure on President Bashar al ...

The Syrian army retreated to minimize civilian casualties. This strategic city's capture, situated between Aleppo and Damascus, potentially opens a path south for the rebels. Hama holds historical ...

and its capture would open the road for a rebel advance on Homs, the main central city that functions as a crossroads connecting Syria's most populous regions. Hama is also critical to the control ...

Hama is strategically located in central Syria and, for the army ... capacity to hold onto the territory they have captured. Spearheading the rebel alliance is HTS, which is rooted in Syria's ...

(photo credit: REUTERS/Mahmoud Hasano) Syrian rebels advancing against government forces pushed close on Tuesday to the major city of Hama, rebels and a war monitor said after their sudden capture ...

Syrian state media also said troops had pushed back the rebels north of the city ... said that five more villages east of Hama had been captured, as well as a base of the 25th Special Mission ...

Syria's interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year.