The Syrian army has withdrawn from the central city of Hama after insurgents broke through its defenses, the military said Thursday, in another setback for President Bashar Assad.

By bnm Gulf bureau Syrian firefighting crews extinguished two major forest fires in Hama countryside whilst continuing to battle devastating wildfires in Latakia province for the ninth consecutive day ...

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 ...

Syria opposition forces enter Hama Syrian rebels have entered another major city, in a further blow to President Bashar Assad after they took over Aleppo days earlier. Middle East.

Syrian opposition forces capture key city of Hama in new blow to al-Assad. Main opposition armed group says rebels have full control of Hama, the fourth-largest city in the country.

Syrian rebel forces Wednesday were within 6 miles of the central city of Hama, a city freighted with past horrors for antigovernment forces. Hama, Syria’s fourth-largest city, might represent an ...

Islamist-led rebels in Syria have surrounded the strategically crucial city of Hama on three sides, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Thursday. Shortly after that ...

Syrian rebels have entered another major city, in a further blow to President Bashar Assad after they took over Aleppo days earlier. Syrian opposition forces enter the key city of Hama, in a new ...

BEIRUT (AP) — It was one of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world. More than four decades ago, Hafez Assad, then president of Syria, launched what came to be known as the ...

Syrian rebels overtook the western city of Hama, their second major victory since they swept Aleppo last week, as thousands fled the city of Homs ahead of the Islamist insurgents.. The rebel group ...

Battles rage around Syria’s Hama as airstrikes hit hospitals, journalists. A group of Syrian journalists headed toward Hama were hit by an airstrike, killing photographer Anas Alkharboutli.

BEIRUT (AP) — It was one of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world. More than four decades ago, Hafez Assad, then president of Syria, launched what came to be known as the ...