Islamist rebels took the Syrian city of Hama Thursday from the forces of the secularist President Bashar al-Assad. Fighting between the rebels and Assad’s Syrian Arab Army had been occurring on ...

More than four decades ago, Hafez Assad, then president of Syria, launched what came to be known as the Hama Massacre. Between 10,000 to 40,000 people were killed or disappeared in the government ...

Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one of the darkest chapters of the Assad clan's rule. "I've never really talked ...

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 ...

BEIRUT — Syrian insurgents entered the central city of Hama Thursday after days of intense clashes with government forces as they push forward with their week-long offensive that brought large ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army has withdrawn from the central city of Hama after insurgents broke through its defenses, the military said Thursday, in another setback for President Bashar Assad.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

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian insurgents said Thursday they have entered parts of the central city of Hama after three days of intense clashes with government forces on its outskirts, part of an ongoing ...

(CNN) — Syrian rebels have driven government forces from Hama, a major city that the country’s regime had held over more than a decade of civil war, further weakening President Bashar al-Assad ...

Syrian opposition forces ... captured Aleppo within three days and Hama within eight, meeting minimal resistance from regime forces which were caught flat-footed by the lightning offensive.

The moment carried great symbolism in Syria’s long-running war, which began 13 years ago but many say is rooted in Hama. Hama, Syria’s fourth-largest city, is known for its quaint waterwheels ...