“Is this Zelensky opening up a new front to draw Russian forces deeper than they already are into Syria to help the government of Assad?”
Did you figure that out all by yourself? The only connection I see is a mention of Ukrainian special forces help training these rebel forces.
I am over the target.
It looks to me like this is very much an “action of opportunity”, and we do know Israel hit both Hezbollah’ sites in Syria as well as Syrian Army sites. With the ceasefire at least initially holding, the rebels’ enemies in Syria are pretty much at their low point. So, the rebels reason, “move now”, before Hezbollah, Iran, and Assad recover, and before a potential ceasefire in Ukraine frees up Russian assets.