Seize A Number Of Cities, Syrian Rebels Affirm The Main Target Of Capai Damascus

JAKARTA - Syrian rebel groups say their current goal is to reach Damascus. In its movement, the rebels have seized a number of cities from Aleppo, Hama/Hamat, Talbiseh and Al-Rastan.

Reported by CNN, Syrian rebels called on government forces to defect from the Assad regime's criminal gangs and join the rebels.

Our goal is Damascus, and our meeting point is the Bani Umayyah public field, the group said Friday, December 6.

The group said it had seized several government posts along the Jordan-Syria border.

Our troops are now securing the border route after regime forces stationed there surrendered, he added.

The southern Syrian insurgent movement began in 2012, when local activists formed a Syrian Liberation Army (FSA) group in Daraa.

The fighters initially controlled the city of Daraa, but the regime was then able to take it back.

Despite longstanding small-scale clashes between rebels in the southern region and regime forces, the uprising this Friday marked the first major turmoil in recent years.

So far, Assad regime forces have only fought on one front.

The main rebel attack began in northwestern Idlib province, but has since pushed Bashar al-Assad troops further south towards Damascus.

Currently, the Assad regime is facing a possible fight on two fronts, with major attacks in the north and new attacks gaining momentum in the south.