Syrian rebels were closing in on Homs after seizing two other major cities in a lightning offensive that has reignited the civil war after more than a decade and thrown the future of President ...

Syrian rebel commander Hassan Abdul Ghany said early on Sunday that insurgent forces "fully liberated" Syria's central city of Homs. This comes after Abu Mohammed al-Golani, leader of the Islamist ...

As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from ...

There are major developments in Syria's once-stagnant civil war. Opposition fighters have taken control of major cities and are trying to take Homs as they inch closer to Damascus in a bid to ...

Thousands of people have been forced to leave parts of central Syria as rebel forces advance on the country's third-largest city of Homs. It would be a major win for the rebels, who have also ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs, the country’s third largest, as insurgents seized two towns on the outskirts Friday, positioning themselves for an ...

Syrian rebels said on Thursday they had started pushing into Hama, a major city where pro-government forces backed by intense Russian air strikes are trying to stave off a new rebel victory and ...

(CNN) — Syria’s army said it is withdrawing from Hama, a symbolic and strategically important central city, marking a second major gain for a newly formed rebel coalition that also captured ...

Members of the Syrian armed opposition forces stand in front of the entrance to the Military College after taking control of it in the city of Aleppo. The Syrian government has lost control of 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 ...

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