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 overtook the western city of Hama, their second major victory since they swept ... around 3 miles north of Homs, Syria's third largest city, according to the Syrian Observatory ...

Both Tehran and Hezbollah, together with Russia, were key allies that helped Assad repel earlier rebel advances ... positions outside Homs, Syria’s third-largest city, without elaborating.

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 pushing south after capturing Aleppo Rebels have staged rapid advance in past week Hama critical to control of major towns Return ... Hama lies more than a third of the way from ...

Syrian rebels are speeding toward the major city of Homs ... Events are moving incredibly quickly in Syria. A third government-controlled city could soon fall to rebel forces after just over ...

All this came crashing down with the latest rebel offensive from Idlib. Newsweek has provided a timeline of the rebel advance ... city. It lay on a road leading to Homs, Syria's third biggest ...

AMMAN, Jordan (Reuters) — Syrian rebels ... The city lies more than a third of the way from Aleppo to Damascus and its capture would open the road for a rebel advance on Homs, the main central ...

BEIRUT: Syrian rebel forces said on Friday (Dec 6 ... three Syrian sources told Reuters. It was the third major city, after Aleppo and Hama in the northwest and centre, to fall out of Assad's ...

A day earlier, HTS, gained control of Hama, Syria’s fourth-largest city, dealing another major ... rebel advance. HTS said Friday it had captured two towns six miles north of Homs, Syria’s ...

Syrian opposition fighters passed ... The speed of the rebels' advance, which began when they took the city of Aleppo a little over a week ago, has been enabled by what the U.S. special envoy ...

Insurgents call on government forces to defect Follows capture of three major cities ... (Reuters) - Syrian rebel forces said on Friday their lightning advance reached the central city of Homs ...