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’s grip on the ...

Syrian rebels celebrated on the streets of Hama after the Syrian military pulled out Syrian rebels say they have taken full control of a second major city, after the military withdrew its troops from ...

BEIRUT — Syrian rebels overran Hama on Thursday, forcing government troops to retreat from the strategically significant central city and dealing a painful blow to President Bashar Assad. The takeover ...

Stradding the River Orontes, Hama was settled as long ago as the Neolithic age The Syrian city Hama has become synonymous with the ruthless determination of the Assad family to stay in power. At least ...

Syrian rebel forces Wednesday were within 6 miles of the central city of Hama, a city freighted with past horrors for antigovernment forces. Hama, Syria’s fourth-largest city, might represent an even ...

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, ...

Thirty years ago today, then-Syrian President Hafez al-Assad launched what’s known as one of the bloodiest chapters of modern Arab history: the Hama Massacre. Back then, the city of Hama was the ...

Syrian forces are uprooting thousands of people and then demolishing their homes in part of a flashpoint city that has been the center of an anti-government rebellion, according to residents there.