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.
Iranian analysts see a possibility that Israel, too, will choose to exploit opportunities in Syria and take aggressive action there, not just in support of the rebels as in the past.
The photo was reportedly found inside Assad's Palace in Aleppo, Syria's second-largest city, which was invaded by Syrian rebels on Sunday.
Rebels said they had taken districts in the city's northeast and had seized the central prison, freeing detainees.
Hezbollah leaving Assad’s territory has made his regime vulnerable, enabling significant gains by Syrian opposition, though experts agree that Israel doesn’t have a side to support
Bishops call for unity amid fear as Aleppo's situation remains precarious.
The weapons may include missiles, production and storage facilities of chemical weapons like sarin, tanks, and armored personnel carriers.
Moscow’s military intervention on behalf of Assad’s government was instrumental to the country’s longtime ruler’s successful reclamation of most Syrian territory in the late 2010s.
Battling Israel left Tehran too weak to deal with Syria, researcher says • Airstrikes in northwestern Syria kill 25 people
Early reports showed rebels walking around the seemingly abandoned but ostentatious palace.
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