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 ...

Syrian rebels overtook the western city of Hama, their second major victory since they swept ... around 3 miles north of Homs, Syria's third largest city, according to the Syrian Observatory ...

Syrian rebels have driven government forces from Hama, a major city that the country’s regime had held over more than a decade of civil war, further weakening President Bashar al-Assad’s grip ...

Syrian rebels are speeding toward the major city of Homs ... Events are moving incredibly quickly in Syria. A third government-controlled city could soon fall to rebel forces after just over ...

All this came crashing down with the latest rebel offensive from Idlib. Newsweek has provided a timeline of the rebel advance ... city. It lay on a road leading to Homs, Syria's third biggest ...

AMMAN, Jordan (Reuters) — Syrian rebels ... The city lies more than a third of the way from Aleppo to Damascus and its capture would open the road for a rebel advance on Homs, the main central ...

Insurgents call on government forces to defect Follows capture of three major cities ... (Reuters) - Syrian rebel forces said on Friday their lightning advance reached the central city of Homs ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP): Islamist-led rebels ... Homs lies about 140km from the capital and was the third major city seized by the rebels, who began their advance on Nov 27, reigniting a years ...

Syrian opposition fighters passed ... The speed of the rebels' advance, which began when they took the city of Aleppo a little over a week ago, has been enabled by what the U.S. special envoy ...