Syrian rebel forces arrived at the gates of the key city of Hama on Tuesday, as their fighting with the military sparked "a large wave of displacement", a war monitor said.The Britain-based Observatory, which has a network of sources in Syria, said Hama was witnessing "a large wave of displacement" due to fighting around the city.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed the escalating situation in Syria during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The conflict in the country continues as rebel forces, opposed to the regime of Bashar al-Assad,