The rebel group, called Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, had advanced to the countryside around 3 miles north of Homs, Syria's third largest city, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ...

Syrian rebels close in on third major city in two weeks as thousands flee. Ammar Cheikh Omar. Updated December 6, 2024 at 7:05 AM. ... presumably in a bid to slow the rebels' advance. ...

Syrian rebels were closing in on Homs after seizing two other major cities in a lightning offensive that has thrown the future of the Assad regime into question. WSJ explains what we know so far ...

Syrian rebels said Friday they had advanced into 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 ...

Syrian civilians are fleeing the city of Homs as rebel forces march within a few miles of its parameter — a strategic point to capture in their campaign against Damascus. Thousands of residents ...

In videos from Hama on Thursday, rebel fighters vowed an advance on Homs would come next. About 115 miles south of the city, down the M5, sits the capital Damascus, the center of Assad’s power.

Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs, the country's third largest, as insurgents seized two towns on the outskirts Friday, positioning themselves for an assault on a ...

Syrian rebels breached the major city of Aleppo on Friday, according to the fighters and a war monitor, reigniting the country’s long-running civil war with an intensity not seen in years.

Syrian opposition forces have taken control of much of the country’s second-largest city Aleppo after a lightning advance that killed dozens of government soldiers in a major challenge to ...

The rebel group, called Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, had advanced to the countryside around 3 miles north of Homs, Syria's third largest city, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ...

Thousands flee as Syrian insurgents advance to the doorstep of the country’s third-largest city Videos circulating online showed a highway jammed with cars full of people fleeing Homs, a city ...

ISTANBUL — An Islamist rebel group said Thursday that it had taken control of Hama, Syria’s fourth-largest city, dealing another significant blow to President Bashar al-Assad less than a week ...