Defense head: Reason for freeing prisoners will be revealed in future | The Times of Israel
"Ya’alon said “the considerations that were taken into account” would one day be revealed, and added that security would be increased following the release of the 104 prisoners, many of whom were convicted for murders or terror attacks and have been in jail since before the Oslo Peace Accords of 1993."

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Syrian army and Hizballah capture Homs - opening way to Aleppo and decisive Assad victory
"The Obama administration must now decide very quickly whether Assad and his Russian and Iranian backers should be allowed to win the Syrian civil war or stopped at Aleppo."