where they clashed with the Syrian army. Hama's capture could clear a path for a further rebel push on the centrally-located crossroads of Homs and further southwards, including the capital Damascus.
The cities of Homs and Hama, two of Syria's largest by population, were also captured by HTS over the course of the campaign, alongside Idlib, under its control since 2017. To the north ...
In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...
The rebels’ rapid advance from their strongholds in northern Syria has seen them take the strategic cities of Aleppo, Hama and Homs, as government forces melted away. Earlier, rebels said they ...
Fighters loyal to the interim Syrian government, in the Zahra district of Homs - Copyright AFP OMAR HAJ KADOUR Fighters loyal to the interim Syrian government, in the ...
EU officials agreed to begin easing sanctions on Syria. Dozens of people were executed this weekend in the city of Homs.
Homs (Syria) (AFP) – In Syria's third city Homs, members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community say they are terrified as new authorities comb their districts for "remnants of ...
Meanwhile in the north, Syria's military says it is carrying out air strikes around Homs, trying to push back ... Western powers of trying to redraw the map of the region. But analysts say his ...