The Syrian army has withdrawn from the central city of Hama after insurgents broke through its defenses, the military said Thursday, in another setback for President Bashar Assad.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

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 ...

The withdrawal marks a setback for President Bashar al-Assad. LONDON -- Syrian state media said Thursday that government forces were withdrawing from the city of Hama in the face of a rebel ...

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.

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 ...

Syrian rebels ousted pro-government forces from Hama on Thursday, bringing the insurgents a major new victory after a lightning advance across northern Syria and dealing a new blow to President ...

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 ...

Opposition forces took control of Hama, one of the few cities that remained largely under government control since the civil war started in 2011. The northern city of Aleppo fell earlier this week ...

Opposition fighters in Syria captured the strategic city of Hama on Thursday in a matter of hours. Fighters from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which means the Committee for the Liberation of the ...

HAMA, Syria — For more than four decades, the Assad family made sure that the horrors it committed here stayed unspeakable — killing tens of thousands of Hama residents over a savage month ...

Rebels have reached the outskirts of Hama, one of Syria’s largest cities, dealing another blow to Bashar al-Assad’s regime as it struggles to contain the insurgents’ rapid offensive.