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...

Palestinian resistance group Hamas said Thursday that the death of six Israeli hostages during the time of an airstrike near where they were being held proves the failure of the military option to rescue the captives. The Israeli army claimed Wednesday that the six hostages whose bodies were...