The Syrian army has withdrawn from the central city of Hama after insurgents broke through its defenses, the military said Thursday, in another setback for President Bashar Assad.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

Syria opposition forces enter Hama Syrian rebels have entered another major city, in a further blow to President Bashar Assad after they took over Aleppo days earlier. Middle East.

A powerful explosion in Syria’s central Hama province has killed at least seven people and injured several others, according ...

Hundreds of former public sector employees in Idlib, arbitrarily dismissed from their positions by the Assad regime, are ...

A powerful explosion in Syria’s central Hama province has killed at least seven people and injured several others, according ...

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 ...

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 ...

BEIRUT (AP) — It was one of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world. More than four decades ago, Hafez Assad, then president of Syria, launched what came to be known as the ...

Hama, Syria’s fourth-largest city, is known for its quaint waterwheels, a landmark attraction along the banks of the Orontes River. In the early 1980s, ...

Battles rage around Syria’s Hama as airstrikes hit hospitals, journalists. A group of Syrian journalists headed toward Hama were hit by an airstrike, killing photographer Anas Alkharboutli.