Syrian rebels enter Hama city, pushing army forces to withdraw
Syrian rebels have entered Hama, pushing government forces to withdraw and reposition outside the major city that had been held by President Bashar al-Assad's regime for more than a decade. Syria's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that "confrontations intensified between [Syrian government] soldiers and terrorist groups" - the government's term for rebels - and that "these groups were able to penetrate several axes in the city and enter it,