[2] On 27 November 2024, Syrian opposition groups led by Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched an offensive on pro-government forces in northwestern Syria.

[25] An unverified photo started circulating around on early 1 December, showing rebel forces entering the Al-Arba'een neighbourhood in Hama city.

[8][17] The Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Syrian Arab Armed Forces, Lt. Gen Abdul Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim, arrived in Hama to oversee the military operations in northern Syria on 1 December 2024.

[7] The next day, the Syrian Army managed to launch a counteroffensive that regained some territory in the Hama province and halted the rebel advance.

[1] According to Syrian state news agency SANA, the army overnight pushed back rebels in the northern countryside of Hama Governorate.

[30] On 1 December, as part of the renewed rebel advance into the southern Idlib, seven HTS fighters were killed in Khan Shaykhun by booby-trapped missiles in a former SAA warehouse that was abandoned by retreating government forces in the city.

[31] On 2 December, a rebel drone strike targeting a gathering of pro-government military leaders near Jabal Zayn al-Abidin, north of Hama, caused multiple deaths and injuries among their ranks.

[33] In the evening, the heaviest clashes since the start of the offensive took place between opposition and pro-government forces in northern Hama region, with Russian and government aircraft carrying out more than 45 airstrikes.

[39] On 4 December, SAA forces launched a counter-offensive to regain possession of the tracked military vehicles academy, 18 km to the northeast of Hama city.

[40] Heavy clashes continued into the night with the rebels capturing the towns of Khitab and Mubarakat, while fighting persisted in Jabal Zayn al-Abidin.

Pro-government forces were still in control of the strategic Hama-Homs route and brought "large military convoys" to the embattled city in the past 24 hours.

[43] The Turkish-backed Sultan Suleiman Shah Division led by Muhammad al-Jassem (Abu Amsha) joined the fight for control over the city.

[46] In the evening, opposition forces entered Salamiyah without fighting, after reaching an agreement with the city's elders and the religious Ismaili council.