Residents of Hama welcomed anti-government fighters who took control of the city, while thousands fled Homs as rebel forces pushed their offensive further south, nearing the third-largest city in Syria.
Rebel forces are seeking to extend their lightning offensive farther south against Assad’s government forces
Rebels have already captured the key cities of Aleppo in the north and Hama in the centre, dealing successive blows to presidentThe Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, said thousands of people had begun fleeing on Thursday night towards western coastal regions, a stronghold of the government.
The Syrian state news agency said the Arida border crossing with Lebanon was out of service due to the attack. “There were at least eight strikes on the bridge,” he added. Government forces were bringing reinforcements to positions around the city, he said.
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