Islamist-led rebels in Syria have surrounded the strategically crucial city of Hama on three sides, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Thursday. Shortly after that ...

Syrian rebel forces arrived at the gates of the key city of Hama on Tuesday, as their fighting with the military sparked "a large wave of displacement", a war monitor said. The Islamist-led rebels ...

Capturing Hama would leave just one major city, Homs, in government hands on the road from rebel-held northern Syria to Damascus.

ALBAWABA - A photojournalist working for the SANA news agency was killed in Hama province in Syria. The new Syrian authorities on Friday decried the killing of the photographer and stressed the ...

An anti-government fighter remotely fires rockets against regime forces on the outskirts of Hama - Bakr Al Kassem/AFP via Getty Images Syrian rebels captured the key city of Hama on Thursday in a ...

A body of a soldier of the ousted Syrian government forces is seen on an area at the Mount Zayn al-Abidin on the outskirts of Hama, Syria, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.

Hama is one of the few cities that remained under full government control during Syria’s conflict, which broke out in March 2011. Its capture would be a major setback for President Bashar Assad.

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army has withdrawn from the central city of Hama after insurgents broke through its defenses, the military said Thursday, in another setback for President Bashar Assad.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces are reportedly engaged in fierce battles with rebels on the outskirts of the major city of Hama. A monitoring group said on Tuesday evening that the ...

Syrian opposition forces have entered the strategic central city of Hama. The Syrian army, loyal to President Bashar Assad, said it had redeployed outside the city, which lies on the main highway ...

Reports earlier indicated that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorists, alongside allied militant groups, started waging offensive operations in the direction of Hama after a pause of almost 24 hours.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria said Wednesday its counteroffensive has pushed back insurgents attempting to advance to the strategic central city of Hama, while the insurgency says it captured more Syrian ...