Israeli airstrikes destroyed caches containing advanced weapons in northern Syria to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Islamist rebel groups advancing there, according to Syrian reports, cited by Army Radio

The overnight airstrikes hit areas that at the time were still controlled by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, Army Radio military correspondent Doron Kadosh wrote.

Mere hours after these reports, the Syrian regime announced that its forces were leaving the town of Hama, a crucial stronghold and the country’s fourth-largest city, amid the onslaught of a rebel coalition spearheaded by the jihadist Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group.

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