Sitting in the police headquarters of Homs, in an office that, until last week, was run by the feared intelligence network of Bashar al-Assad, Alaa Omran is holding court. A former regime police ...

Capturing Homs, Syria’s third-largest city, would be a major victory in a rebel offensive that already has captured Aleppo and Hama.

Syrian rebels are rapidly advancing on Homs, having taken control of the northern countryside in a lightning offensive against government forces that has already seen Hama and Aleppo fall. There ...

Syrian rebels captured the key city of Homs as they close in on potentially ending the reign of dictator Bashar al-Assad. REUTERS With Homs in rebel hands just 30 miles from Damascus, the Assad ...

Syria President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule was dangling by a thread after rebels announced they gained full control over the key city of Homs.

Homs also serves as a vital hub that connects the country's north and south through the capital. "Syria rebels announce 'total liberation' of Homs," Azhari wrote in another X post.

Hundreds of people appear to have fled the central Syrian city of Homs overnight into Friday, as anti-regime rebels push further south on the road to the capital Damascus.

Syrian rebels overtook the western city of Hama, their second major victory since they swept Aleppo last week, as thousands fled the city of Homs ahead of the Islamist insurgents. The rebel group ...

Syrian civilians are fleeing the city of Homs as rebel forces march close to its parameter, a strategic point to capture in their campaign against Damascus.

Syrian rebels said Saturday they have captured the strategically important city of Homs and are now on the doorstep of the capital of Damascus as they pressed a lightning assault on the regime of ...

People stand near a damaged vehicle, after rebels led by HTS have sought to capitalize on their swift takeover of Aleppo in the north and Hama in west-central Syria by pressing onwards to Homs, in ...

Sitting in the police headquarters of Homs, in an office that, until last week, was run by the feared intelligence network of Bashar al-Assad, Alaa Omran is holding court. A former regime police ...