Syrian rebels were closing in on Homs after seizing two other major ... the city of Hama on Thursday, handing the rebels another victory after they seized Aleppo last week. The rebel advances ...

Syrian rebels said ... the government-held city of Aleppo in a startling offensive that was the first time in nearly a decade that insurgents had breached the country’s largest city.

BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs, the country’s third largest ... was the latest in the stunning advances by opposition fighters over the past week ...

After the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, The New York Times joined a group of former rebel soldiers trying to enforce law and order in a country grappling with the ghosts of its past.

A string of stunning victories has spurred White House worries about a “catastrophic success” in Syria if Islamist fighters ...

Syrian rebel ... Since the rebels' sweep into Aleppo a week ago, government defenses have crumbled at dizzying speed as rebels seized a string of major cities and reignited a rebellion in places ...

The opposition's momentum marks a significant shift in the Syrian conflict, challenging Assad's control and raising regional security concerns. The rebel ... nation's fourth-largest city, after ...

Syrian rebels said on Thursday they had started pushing into Hama, a major city ... than a third of the way from Aleppo to Damascus, and its capture would open the road to a rebel advance in ...

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Rebels have launched a major offensive against the government in Syria, seizing cities in a ... swiftest battlefield advance by either side in the civil war. Hama lies a third of the way down ...

Syria's second-largest city Aleppo has fallen from government ... a war monitor said Sunday, after a surprise advance by rebels. An Islamist-dominated rebel alliance has pressed a lightning ...

Syrian rebel forces advanced on the central city ... three Syrian sources told journalists on the ground. It was the third major city, after Aleppo and Hama in the northwest and centre, to fall ...