NNA - Fighter jets executed nearly ten airstrikes on the outskirts of Al-Rastan city in the northern countryside of Homs, near a major bridge linking Homs and Hama provinces. This follows the entry of local gunmen from Al-Rastan and Talbiseh cities to the engineering battalion on the outskirts of Al-Rastan city, where they took military vehicles and ammunitions.

Regime forces had withdrawn from the engineering battalion and evacuated their headquarters in Al-Rastan hospital on Homs-Hama highway and their posts in Talbiseh city.

Meanwhile, regime forces erected soil barriers on Homs-Hama highway on the road leading to Talbiseh city in the northern countryside of Homs, isolating Homs city from Al-Rastan and Talbiseh cities.

Its worth noting that regime forces evacuated their headquarters and withdrew from Talbiseh city to the north of Homs city on Homs-Hama highway.

Shortly after their withdrawal, regime forces also bombarded neighbourhoods in Talbiseh city with rockets and artillery shells for the first time in years.

Also, regime forces moved over 200 military vehicles carrying weapons and materiel to Homs city in order to boost their positions in Al-Waar area and areas near the military academies.

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