A senior commander told NBC News that tanks had been used during the incursion and rebels had freed hundreds of prisoners.
Rebels said they had taken districts in the city’s northeast and had seized the central prison, freeing detainees.
Syrian rebels have entered a second city in yet another blow to the President Bashar al-Assad after they took over Syria's ...
Syrian rebels ousted pro-government forces from Hama on Thursday, bringing the insurgents a major new victory after a ...
Syria's fourth-largest city, Hama, the latest focus of a military offensive by an Islamist-led rebel alliance, saw major demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad in 2011, and a massacre there ...
The civil war in Syria has erupted again, with rebel forces giving President Bashar al-Assad his fiercest challenge yet, following the capture of Hama and capital Aleppo. His ally, Russian president ...