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Rifaat al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad's exiled uncle who is accused of war crimes, left Lebanon via Beirut airport last week, reportedly using a diplomatic passport.
Unidentified gunmen attacked a Greek Orthodox church in Hama on Wednesday, while a new mass grave was uncovered near Damascus
Hama has historical significance for Syria's opposition, being the site of major anti-regime protests in 2011 and extensive regime repression in the 1980s
After overnight clashes, Syrian rebels have captured the city of Hama, releasing inmates from prisons. Assad's forces admitting to losing control.
Syrian rebels say they have captured neighbourhoods within the city of Hama, one week after they captured Aleppo in a lightning offensive
Rebels in Syria have entered Hama city, freeing inmates from prision, while a new Amnesty report accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza.
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The encircling of Hama comes as the Syrian rebels' offensive advances further in the country, in response to Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Syrian rebels said they had made it to around six miles from Hama city, as the regime said its army was launching an offensive to drive them back
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rebels were "now at the gates of Hama city" and that fighters had shelled some neighbourhood.
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Syrian opposition rebels are making bigger gains in the Hama province, capturing at least 20 towns and villages amid their anti-regime offensive.