The report comes one day after rebels announced on Telegram that they had reached Homs's city limits, making a final call for government forces to defect.
The IDF announced that it was reinforcing the Golan Heights with additional troops, saying it would "not tolerate threats near the Israeli border."
MIDDLE ISRAEL: The civil war’s victors wasted all six years in which they could have rebuilt the land they had destroyed.
A weakened Syrian regime under Assad, therefore, is in Israel’s interest. But here’s the rub: Israel would like to see Assad weakened, but not overmuch, and not toppled.
The rebels captured the cities of Hama and Aleppo within a week and even released prisoners from Hama's central prison.
Bagheri further reportedly claimed that Israel and the US had coordinated the rebels' movement in the area.
Russia, a key ally of Assad since 2015, has provided significant military support to his regime during the country’s prolonged civil war.
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