HAMA, Syria — For more than four decades, the Assad family made sure that the horrors it committed here stayed unspeakable — killing tens of thousands of Hama residents over a savage month ...

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Christian areas of Damascus early Tuesday to protest the burning of a Christmas tree near Hama in central Syria, AFP journalists witnessed. "We ...

A banner of former President Bashar al-Assad hanging north of Hama, Syria ... The Assad family ruled over Syria for half a century.Credit...Ivor Prickett for The New York Times Iran’s options ...

Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a Greek Orthodox church in the Syrian city of Hama on Wednesday, entering the compound and attempting to remove the cross before targeting the church's walls, local ...

A body of a soldier of the ousted Syrian government forces is seen on an area at the Mount Zayn al-Abidin on the outskirts of Hama, Syria, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.

Members of the new security forces check a damaged armored vehicle of the ousted Syrian government forces at the Mount Zayn al-Abidin on the outskirts of Hama, Syria, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.

The leader of the chants was later killed, his throat slit by government forces. Aron Lund, a longtime Syria expert at Century International, a New York-based think tank, said Hama has obvious ...

Aron Lund, a longtime Syria expert at Century International, a New York-based think tank, said Hama has obvious symbolic value because of the history of the massacre. He described it as a “huge ...

AMMAN/BEIRUT — Syrian rebels captured the city of Hama on Thursday, a major victory in a week-old lightning advance across northern Syria and a devastating new blow to President Bashar al-Assad and ...