The Latest Breaking News from Homs

Islamist-led opposition forces have captured Aleppo and Hama, catching President Assad’s regime off guard, and could soon have a route to the capital

The Russian Embassy in Syria has urged its citizens to leave, after rebel forces advanced into Homs, the country's third largest city.

Rebel forces pressing a lightning offensive in Syria aim to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad's rule, their Islamist leader said in an interview published on Friday.

Rebels have captured key cities of Aleppo and Hama, dealing blows to president Bashar al-Assad 14 years after protests erupted across Syria

Army retreats from city and Insurgents say they will now push on towards Homs

A stream of refugees fleeing Lebanon to Syria have been crossing a narrow makeshift bridge in the Qusair area of Syria’s Homs province since the official border crossing was put out of commission by an Israeli strike two days earlier

Air raids target the central Damascus neighbourhood of Kafr Sousa and a military facility in the west of the country.

At least 22 people were killed and 117 wounded in Israeli air strikes that hit two different areas in central Beirut on Thursday evening, Lebanon’s health ministry said – the third such attack on the capital since Israel escalated its air campaign last month. The news came after the UN…

Israel’s defense minister says the military would expand its operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah