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 ...

and no major cities between rebel forces and the Syrian capital of Damascus. In less than two weeks they have already captured the second city of Aleppo in the north, as well as the central city ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs, the country’s third largest ... was the latest in the stunning advances by opposition fighters over the past week ...

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 ...

BEIRUT: Syrian rebel forces said on Friday (Dec 6 ... three Syrian sources told Reuters. It was the third major city, after Aleppo and Hama in the northwest and centre, to fall out of Assad's ...

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 ...

The rebels’ path to victory is littered with evidence of Syria’s defeated military. It also reflects the sizable task of ...