Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government
in Idlib, Syria, anti-government forces took Syria’s second-largest city, Aleppo, almost without a fight. Assad’s Syrian Arab Army withdrew south to Hama to consolidate its defensive lines, seemingly stabilizing the front around the strategic city. The forces of Hayat Tahrir al Sham, an outgrowth of al Qaeda, surprised the world once again by launching a renewed offensive against Hama.
On a strategic level, the city was the government’s last major population center before Homs, a hub that connects the M5 motorway to the capital and Syria’s access to the Mediterranean Sea. If Homs is taken, Syria will effectively be split in two. The coastline is also the regime’s heartland, possessing the greatest share of Alawites and Christians — Assad’s biggest supporters.
“I have good news for you, my brothers, that your brothers, the Mujahideen revolutionaries, have begun to enter the city of Hama to cleanse that wound that has continued in Syria for 40 years,” he said.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Syria Civil War: Rebels Claim Hama, Major Blow to Assad RegimeThe Syrian army confirmed that it has withdrawn from Hama after insurgents broke through its defenses.
Read more »
Syrian forces battling insurgents north of strategic city of HamaSyrian forces are battling insurgents just north of the strategic central city of Hama where they are attempting to advance after seizing most of Aleppo.
Read more »
Syrian forces battling insurgents north of of HamaThe leader of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group has toured the seized city of Aleppo in a surprise visit, for the first time since the group captured large parts of the city last weekend, as fierce fighting intensifies in the government-led counter-offensive in northern Hama.
Read more »
Syrian Troops Push Back Rebels Near Hama Amid Fierce BattlesIf the insurgents seize the city of Hama, the coastal cities of Tartous and Latakia could be isolated from the rest of the country.
Read more »
Syrian insurgents say they have entered the city of Hama after fierce fightingSyrian insurgents say they have entered the central city of Hama after three days of intense clashes with government forces on its outskirts. Syrian state media confirmed violent clashes between government forces and opposition gunmen on the eastern outskirts of Hama city on Thursday but denied that the insurgents had breached it.
Read more »
Syrian insurgents say they have entered the city of Hama after fierce fightingSyrian insurgents say they have entered the central city of Hama after three days of intense clashes with government forces on its outskirts.
Read more »