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Islamist-led rebels capture key Syrian city of Hama
Islamist-led rebels captured the central Syrian city of Hama on Thursday in a new blow to President Bashar al-Assad's forces days after they lost the country's commercial hub Aleppo. The rebels led by ...
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Syrian opposition forces enter the key city of Hama, in a new blow to Assad's regime
Syrian opposition militias have stormed Hama city in central Syria, in a sweeping offensive that threatens the stability of President Bashar Assad's regime. In 13 years of civil war, in which other ...
Southeast Missourian
Syrian regime, rebels trade blame for blast
BEIRUT -- U.N. observers Thursday inspected the site of an explosion that flattened a block of houses in the central Syrian city of Hama and killed at least 16 people, while the government and the ...
Rutland Herald
Syrian rebels capture key border crossing
BEIRUT Syrian rebels and fighters from the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front have captured the only functioning border crossing with Jordan and three nearby military posts, prompting intense government ...
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Assad regime falls and Syrian rebels capture Damascus
The Syrian government has fallen in a stunning end to the 50-year iron-fist rule of the Assad family in the wake of a rapid rebel offensive. Syrian opposition forces declared victory over President ...
Wall Street Journal
Who Are the Syrian Rebels and Their Backers?
Syrian opposition fighters removing a government flag from an official building Saturday in Salamiyah, east of Hama. (Ghaith Alsayed/Associated Press) The main rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, is an ...