Key rebel groups fighting regime forces in Syrian desert said regional and International powers are pressing on them to end fight and to launch attacks on ISIS instead.
In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, Ahmed Abdo Martyrs Forces and Osoud al-Sharqiya urged fellow rebel factions to launch attacks on regime forces in Qalamoun and Daraa to lessen the offensive in Badia as the regional plan is to strengthen Assad in Badia amid reports of 'positive' approaches between Amman and Damascus.
Ahmed Abdo Martyrs Forces said the ultimate goal of the Assad army's push in al-Badia was to link its forces with Iraq's militias on the other side of the border.
The Damascus-Baghdad highway was a major weapons supply route for Iranian weapons into Syria until ISIS seized large territory along the Iraqi-Syrian border, according to regional intelligence sources.
The statement come as the regime army and Shi'ite militias pressed gains at the border.
Regime-run Al Masdar news site said on Wednesday that forces loyal to Assad ''secured the border points of Garrison 165, Garrison 166, Garrison 167, Garrison 168 and 169.''
Since May, the regime army has been moving large numbers of troops to Badia region on the country's border with Iraq and Jordan.
Early this month, Jaish al-Ashaer, the Army of Tribes, withdrew from its posts in Badia near Suweida city, in a surpirse move granted regime army more territory.