If the insurgents seize the city of Hama, the coastal cities of Tartous and Latakia could be isolated from the rest of the country.

On December 5, 2024, rebels led by Syria’s now-President Ahmed al-Sharaa took control of Hama, marking their second breakthrough in a lightning offensive towards the capital. Days later, they captured Damascus, ending al-Assad’s 24-year reign and his family’s dynasty, as he fled to Russia.

On the first anniversary of the Syrian revolution’s victory, which culminated in the “Deterrence of Aggression” campaign that began on

Syrian opposition militias have stormed Hama city in central Syria, in a sweeping offensive that threatens the stability of President Bashar Assad's regime. In 13 years of civil war, in which other territory was lost and regained, the government always held Hama.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian government re-opened the highway between the cities of Homs and Hama on Wednesday a month after its forces retook a rebel-held pocket that had straddled the road that was closed for almost seven years. Motorists waved Syrian ...

As Syrian security forces lay siege to Hama for a sixth straight day and thousands of demonstrators march across Syria in the first Friday protests of Ramadan, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency has released grainy but revealing photos from Thursday of ...

Assad fled Syria for Russia a year ago as rebels commanded by Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, seized Damascus, toppling him more than 13 years into the war that spiraled out of an uprising against his rule.

President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday urged Syrians to work together to rebuild their country, still marred by insecurity and divisions, as they marked a year since the ousting of longtime

On Friday we highlighted footage of hundreds of thousands of people gathering in Hama, Syria's fourth-largest city, for the largest anti-government protest in Syria to date. The rally, which came shortly after security forces withdrew from the area ...