Syrian Rebels Seek Israelis' Help

Israeli officials say Syrian rebels are urging them to launch airstrikes against foreign Hezbollah militants and Iranian Shi'ite fighters backing President Bashar al-Assad's forces along the Jordanian and Israeli borders in southern Syria, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Assad's commanders turned to the Lebanon-based radicals and Iranian fighters in a bid to thwart Syrian rebels from ramping up attacks near Damascus, said a representative from the UK-based pro-opposition monitoring group, which gets information from a network of informants on the ground inside Syria.

The group also says Syrian government forces have recently made “significant progress” both in the border regions near Jordan and in parts of the Golan Heights not already under Israeli control.

Activists say aerial support was an important factor in the Syrian forces' advance. The Syrian Observatory says Assad’s warplanes have carried out more than 650 airstrikes across the country this month alone, with most of those raids targeting southern Syria and suburbs of Damascus.

"Regime troops and their Hezbollah-led allies are advancing in the area linking Deraa, Quneitra and Damascus provinces," the Syrian Observatory said.....................http://www.voanews.com/content/syrian-rebels-fighting-assad-seek-israeli-help/2644227.html
14/2/15
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