Syrian rebels were closing in on Homs after seizing two other major ... the city of Hama on Thursday, handing the rebels another victory after they seized Aleppo last week. The rebel advances ...

Syrian rebels said ... the government-held city of Aleppo in a startling offensive that was the first time in nearly a decade that insurgents had breached the country’s largest city.

The opposition's momentum marks a significant shift in the Syrian conflict, challenging Assad's control and raising regional security concerns. The rebel ... nation's fourth-largest city, after ...

Syrian rebel ... Since the rebels' sweep into Aleppo a week ago, government defenses have crumbled at dizzying speed as rebels seized a string of major cities and reignited a rebellion in places ...

Syrian rebels said on Thursday they had started pushing into Hama, a major city ... than a third of the way from Aleppo to Damascus, and its capture would open the road to a rebel advance in ...

Syrian rebel forces advanced on the central city ... three Syrian sources told journalists on the ground. It was the third major city, after Aleppo and Hama in the northwest and centre, to fall ...

Rebels have launched a major offensive against the government in Syria, seizing cities in a ... swiftest battlefield advance by either side in the civil war. Hama lies a third of the way down ...

A string of stunning victories has spurred White House worries about a “catastrophic success” in Syria if Islamist fighters ...

This is the biggest uprising against Syria ... to reverse rebel gains “and they couldn’t do it”. He said HTS would now try to push on towards Syria’s third largest city, Homs, some ...

They seized Hama, to the north of Homs, on Thursday - a second major ... city. The SOHR said Russian warplanes had bombed a bridge in nearby Rastan to try and slow the rebel advance. After the ...