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 on the ...

Syrian rebel forces Wednesday were within 6 miles of the central city of Hama, a city freighted with past horrors for antigovernment forces. Hama, Syria’s fourth-largest city, might represent an even ...

As Syrian security forces lay siege to Hama for a sixth straight day and thousands of demonstrators march across Syria in the first Friday protests of Ramadan, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency ...

BEIRUT (AP) — It was one of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world. More than four decades ago, Hafez Assad, then president of Syria, launched what came to be known as the Hama ...

Residents of the Syrian city of Hama are bracing for another day of shelling and shooting as the regime continues its military crackdown on the first Friday of Ramadan. Hama residents say they're ...

FILE - Rifaat Assad, an exiled uncle of Syrian president Bashar Assad answers questions from the Associated Press, in Paris, France, Tuesday Nov.15, 2011. (AP Photo ...