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A Syrian Air Force helicopter crashes in Hama, Syria, killing all of the people on board.
2022-09-4

The Syrian Arab Army launches a ground offensive against HTS and NFL-held areas in northern Hama and southern Idlib, after six days of intensive airstrikes on the region.
2019-05-6

In the first declared visit to the town since the beginning of the war, President Bashar al-Assad attends the Eid al-Fitr prayer in Hama.
2017-06-25

ISIL claims to have shot down a Syrian Arab Air Force MiG-23, southeast of Damascus, and captured its pilot. Amaq News Agency, which supports ISIL, gave the pilot’s name as Azzam Eid, from Hama. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it was not clear whether the plane had been shot down or crashed because of mechanical failure.
2016-04-23

A nationwide power outage hits Syria. The Syrian government says shortly before the power outage, militants had hit part of a power-generating station with rockets in the city of Hama, though it hasn't said whether this damage was linked to the nationwide outage. Also, it isn't clear how many people are affected by the power outage as many cities outside of the government's control already weren't being served by the government-run power grid.
2016-03-3

Chemical weapons are used again in Syria, this time on the town of Kafr Zita, Hama.
2014-04-12

The opposition claims that over 60 people were allegedly massacred by the Syrian Army in the Arbaeen neighborhood of the city of Hama.
2012-08-3

Thirteen people are killed in Hama, Syria, during the latest violence in the ongoing uprising.
2011-12-14

Opposition activists claim that at least 38 people, including six children, have been killed by security forces across Syria: 16 in the city of Homs, 10 in Idlib, six in Hama, three in the suburbs of Damascus and three in Daraa.
2011-11-10

At least six people are killed and at least 20 others are arrested as regime forces attack Hama.
2011-07-5