Islamist-led Syrian rebels surrounded the key city of Hama "from three sides" on Wednesday as they continued their offensive ...

Islamist-led rebels on Wednesday surrounded Syria's key central city of Hama "from three sides" as they pressed on with a lightening offensive on government-held territory, a war monitor said.

Syrian rebels are advancing on Hama after capturing Aleppo, the country’s second-largest city. They’re challenging President ...

Two rebel groups are leading the push. One is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ( HTS ), which emerged from al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate.

The belligerents are the last survivors of Syria’s hugely destructive civil war, which began in 2011 as another Arab Spring revolution, with antigovernment protesters demanding Assad leave.

The rebels have set their sights on an area where President Bashar al-Assad’s government has long maintained strength.

Rebel forces moved toward the central city of Hama after taking Aleppo, while the government sent reinforcements to the area.

A group of Syrian journalists headed toward Hama were hit by an airstrike, killing photographer Anas Alkharboutli.

The leader of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group has toured the seized city of Aleppo in a surprise visit, for the first ...

Overnight, pro-government reinforcements drove Syrian rebels back from the edge of Hama, a key city whose fall would mark a ...

The rebel command said on Wednesday, it captured a number of towns and villages outside the city. A Britain-based war monitor ...

Syrian rebels battled government forces and allied militia on Wednesday in villages north and east of Hama, a major city ...