Hama

After inconclusive talks in Sochi, pro-government artillery escalates bombardment on key Idlib towns

Feb. 17, 2019

The aftermath of a rocket attack in Maarat a-Numan on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Idlib Civil Defense. AMMAN: Pro-government forces escalated artillery and rocket barrages on rebel-held towns in Syria’s northwest on Sunday, days after trilateral international talks between Iran, Russia and Turkey over the region’s future ended with little sign of concrete agreement. Rockets l...

Local councils, civil society brace for HTS takeover after cuts to healthcare funding in rebel-held northwest

Jan. 20, 2019

HTS continues offensive against areas of rebel-held northwest, ‘cutting off’ and seizing nearly a dozen towns from factional rivals

Jan. 8, 2019

Northern Hama farmers see harvests burned by government bombardment

May. 29, 2018

AMMAN: Fires sparked by pro-government bombardment of agricultural land in Syria’s rebel-held northwest are costing farmers tens of thousands of dollars in damages, local of...

Dozens of medical facilities close in protest after rebel infighting damages Idlib hospital

Apr. 16, 2018

AMMAN: Dozens of medical facilities in rebel-held northwestern Syria closed in protest on Monday after violent infighting between two rival opposition factions damaged a major reg...

Thousands to depart East Ghouta in second evacuation deal, only Douma remains

Mar. 25, 2018

AMMAN: Thousands of fighters and residents boarded buses leaving East Ghouta’s central sector on Sunday under a Russian-backed surrender agreement set to leave the enclave&r...

Rebel fighters, families evacuate pocket of south Damascus for northwestern Syria

Mar. 13, 2018

AMMAN: More than 1,000 rebel fighters and their families reportedly arrived in Syria’s opposition-held northwest on Tuesday after evacuating an isolated pocket of territory ...

Upheaval in Syria's northwestern rebel heartland as fledgling faction moves to dethrone HTS

Feb. 28, 2018

AMMAN: A major upset to the balance of military power and territorial control in opposition-held northwestern Syria is underway, as a newly formed faction sweeps through the large...

New rebel faction seizes cities and towns from hardline Islamist coalition in Syria’s northwest

Feb. 26, 2018

AMMAN: The newly formed rebel faction Jabhat Tahrir Souria seized a major city in opposition-controlled western Aleppo province and at least half a dozen other towns and villages ...

Pro-government forces claim advance towards major rebel-held city amid Idlib offensive

Feb. 1, 2018

AMMAN: Deadly bombardment struck a major rebel-held city in eastern Idlib province on Thursday as pro-government forces reportedly advanced toward it within an ongoing, Russian-ba...

Families of missing Syrian soldiers left without benefits: ‘We’ve received nothing for his sacrifice’

Jan. 25, 2018

AMMAN: When Tawfiq reached the bus station in central Syria’s Homs city on February 12, 2014, he called his wife Suad, as he always did after making the journey south from t...

Government forces advance inside rebel-held Idlib province

Dec. 20, 2017

AMMAN: Rebels with the Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham coalition are battling to recapture territory in southern Idlib province on Wednesday after regime forces advanced from the south...

Northwest Syria’s disappearing water buffalo

Dec. 11, 2017

AMMAN: For as long as 22-year-old Alaa Omar can remember, his family has raised water buffalo in their northern Hama province village. For most of his life, Omar and his three bro...