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 ...

Late on Friday, the rebels claimed to have seized the last village on the outskirts of Homs city, saying they are at the city walls. The goal of Syria’s rebel coalition, which has wrested two ...

Syrian rebels captured the key city of Homs on Saturday after less than a ... said in a statement that rebels were poised to take the whole country, promising “the end of the criminal regime ...

Syrian rebels claim to have captured a fifth city ... that it’s “pretty much the endgame for Assad” if the rebels take Homs. “Once they get Homs, then really Damascus is cut off and ...

Sitting in the police headquarters of Homs, in an office ... people to join the rebel factions – was executed in 2015 in the notorious Sednaya prison, known as Syria’s “slaughterhouse”.

Syrian rebels are speeding toward the major city of Homs, where residents are fleeing ... just as rebel forces move apace to take control of yet another major city from the regime this week.

Syrian rebels announced they gained full control over the key city of Homs early on Sunday after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule dangling by a thread as ...

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Many people want to determine the fates of loved ones who disappeared into a notorious military prison that was a symbol of human rights abuses under President Bashar al-Assad. By Matthew Mpoke ...