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 celebrated on the streets of Hama after the Syrian military pulled ... which the rebels captured last week after launching a surprise offensive from their stronghold in the north ...

The Syrian army retreated to minimize civilian casualties. This strategic city's capture, situated between Aleppo and Damascus, potentially opens a path south for the rebels. Hama holds historical ...

AMMAN (Reuters) - 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 ...

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syrian rebels captured the city of Hama on Thursday, a major victory in a week-old lightning advance across northern Syria and a devastating new blow to President Bashar ...

and its capture would open the road for a rebel advance on Homs, the main central city that functions as a crossroads connecting Syria's most populous regions. Hama is also critical to the control ...

Hama is strategically located in central Syria and, for the army ... capacity to hold onto the territory they have captured. Spearheading the rebel alliance is HTS, which is rooted in Syria's ...

(photo credit: REUTERS/Mahmoud Hasano) Syrian rebels advancing against government forces pushed close on Tuesday to the major city of Hama, rebels and a war monitor said after their sudden capture ...

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