Iron Age amber beads from the Baltic Sea found in Syria. Credit: M. N. Mortensen et al. / National Museum of Denmark A recent analysis of beads discovered in the ancient city of Hama, Syria, has ...

Syrian rebels have driven government forces from Hama, a major city that the country’s regime had held over more than a decade of civil war, further weakening President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on the ...

A statue of the late Syrian president, Hafez al-Assad, the father of President Bashar al-Assad, has been torn down in the city of Hama. Syrian rebels say they have taken full control of the country's ...