HAMA, Syria — For more than four decades, the Assad family made sure that the horrors it committed here stayed unspeakable — killing tens of thousands of Hama residents over a savage month ...

Syrian rebels ousted pro-government forces from Hama on Thursday, bringing the insurgents a major new victory after a lightning advance across northern Syria and dealing a new blow to President ...

Hama is also known for its waterwheels, or "norias," along the Orontes River. These medieval structures were used to bring water to gardens, bathhouses, mosques, and wells. Unesco describes them ...