The Islamist-led rebels were at the gates of Syria's Homs, a war monitor said, after wresting other key cities from government control. In little over a week, the offensive has seen Syria's second city Aleppo and strategically located Hama fall from President Bashar al-Assad's control for...

Syrian opposition chief Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, head of the “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” group, sent an official message Thursday using his real name for the first time, after his fighters seized the strategic city of Hama. “We congratulate the people of Hama for their victory,” said the...

- The Syrian opposition controls the areas of Jabal Zein Al-Abidin and Qamhana, hours after controlling the city of Hama, amid low morale among the Syrian army and its auxiliary forces, who have begun to withdraw or flee: Field commander   - Opposition forces take control of Hama's...

Armed opposition groups said on Thursday they had started pushing into Syria’s Hama, a major city where pro-government forces backed by intense Russian airstrikes are trying to stave off a new victory and halt the opposition’s lightning advance. Opposition commander Hassan Abdul Ghany...