Hama is strategically located at a key crossroads in western-central Syria, providing direct supply lines between the capital Damascus and Aleppo. Rebels had been unable to capture the city since ...

Syrian rebels pushing south after capturing Aleppo Rebels have staged rapid advance in past week Hama critical to control of major towns Return to civil war risks destabilising wider region AMMAN ...

The takeover of Hama follows at the heels of the rebels’ capture last week of Aleppo, Syria’s industrial center, in a lightning offensive that upended a years-old stalemate between Assad’s ...

Opposition forces have captured the city of Hama in central Syria, the latest victory for the rebels since they launched a lightning offensive eight days ago and a major blow to President Bashar ...

Opposition fighters in Syria captured the strategic city ... Very much so. The capture of Hama allows rebel groups to keep moving down the Aleppo-Damascus M5 highway towards Homs, which if ...

Why the Rebel Capture of Syria's Hama, a City With a Dark History, Matters BEIRUT (AP) — It was one of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world. More than four decades ago ...

Its capture by the rebels would "pose a threat to the ... An AFP journalist in the northern Hama countryside saw dozens of Syrian army tanks and military vehicles abandoned by the side of the ...

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-Assad. The rebels ...

Syrian rebel forces on Thursday captured the central city of Hama, days after seizing the country’s commercial hub Aleppo in a lightning offensive against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.

Now Islamist insurgents have captured ... the rebels be able to seize Homs, which they now have a shot at doing after seizing Hama, then they could theoretically have grabbed" three of Syria's ...