Forces opposed to President Bashar al-Assad have captured the Aleppo airport and are attacking the western city of Hama, according to local officials and a Britain-based war monitor.

Syrian rebels have swept through parts of the country at lightning pace, taking control of the the second-largest city, Aleppo. But who are they and what are their aims?

Since rebel and jihadist groups took control of the Syrian city of Aleppo November 30, the Christian community has been living in fear. Traumatized by years of war, part of the community has fled while the rest waits,