The insurgents had been fighting to reach Hama since Tuesday, to encircle the city from the north, east and west, where they clashed with the Syrian army ... to redraw the map of the region.

The maps below provide a day-by-day overview of ... Fierce battles continued in the outskirts of Hama as Syrian opposition fighters advanced to the strategic central city – Syria’s fourth ...

Syrian rebels captured Hama, a strategic central city they had never managed to seize before. It was a major victory in their week-old advance across northern Syria. The insurgents said they were ...

The collapse of the Assad regime has fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed groups now jostling for control and international players anxious to preserve their regional interests.

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 ...

After taking Syria's second city Aleppo at the end of November, the rebels continued their offensive, moving south to take control of the city of Hama last Thursday. The advance continued at pace ...

The announcements came hours after the fighters took a fourth strategic city in a lightning offensive that began on November 27. In just 11 days, the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad came to ...