86'd'A top Iranian military officer has said Tehran managed to fend off a campaign by 86 countries to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.' 
[http://www.dailystar.com.lb/…/253354-iran-defeated-plans-of…]
The US are saying this:
'The United States on Monday took issue with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's analysis that the bitter conflict was turning in his favor, saying it had become a "war of attrition."
"Our analysis remains what it has been, that this is a war of attrition and neither side has been able to deliver or hold onto significant gains," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
She told reporters that she was not "going to give ground game updates. Certainly our efforts to engage with the opposition continue." '
[http://www.dailystar.com.lb/…/253344-neither-side-holds-upp…]
Mazen Syrian in Homs has had this to say this morning:
aircraft in Homs' sky
and
Launchers mounted on the edge of every streets, the shelling has not slowed since the morning, stray bullets everywhere, sounds are terrible....
‪#‎Homs_Now‬