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

Syrian forces are battling insurgents just north of the strategic central city of Hama where they are attempting to advance ...

The army of President Bashar al-Assad has launched a counteroffensive following the rapid advance of an Islamist insurgent ...

Intense airstrikes overnight drove Syrian rebels back from the edge of Hama, a major city whose fall would pile pressure on ...

By Maya Gebeily and Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) -Syrian rebels advancing against government forces pushed ...

Islamist-led rebels advanced on Syria's fourth-largest city Hama Tuesday, buoyed by their lightning capture of swathes of the ...

Syrian insurgents seized four towns on Tuesday in a big push toward the central city of Hama, opposition activists reported.

A Syria war monitor said fighters were closing in on the central city of Hama on Tuesday, with people fleeing as the army said large reinforcements had arrived amid a dayslong rebel offensive.

Islamist-led rebels battled army troops on Tuesday as they advanced towards the city of Hama in central Syria, a war monitor said.

Russian and Syrian government air strikes pounded central Aleppo on Saturday as rebels claimed control of the city’s international airport and advanced towards Hama. At least 16 civilians and 20 ...

By Saturday evening, they seized at least four towns in the central Hama province and claimed to have entered the provincial capital. The insurgents staged an attempt to reclaim areas they ...