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The Syrian army continues to gain more ground in its fight against foreign-backed militants in several areas across the country.
On Thursday, the Syrian army regained full control of Jabal Maheen al-Kabir area in the eastern countryside of Homs, following clashes with foreign-backed militants.
Syrian troops advanced on the Islamist-held northern village of Tal Hassel today, prompting jihadist rebels in nearby Aleppo to call for mass mobilisation to counter the offensive.
Fighting raged at Tal Hassel, some 12 kilometres (seven miles) from Aleppo, the country’s pre-war commercial hub, where the regime and rebels have been locked in a bloody standoff for more than a year. In clashes elsewhere in the country, nine people were killed by shelling in the central city of Homs, the official SANA news agency reported.
Syrian forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah militants recaptured an army base in northern Syria from rebels on Sunday, the third day of heavy fighting for the strategic military target which has changed hands three times since Friday.
State media and activists said President Bashar al-Assad’s forces were in full control of the 80th Brigade base, which lies just a few hundred metros (yards) north of Aleppo airport on the eastern edge of the disputed city.
Syrian rebels recaptured a base near the international airport in the northern city of Aleppo in a counteroffensive against the army.
The fighting on Saturday came as the main Western-backed opposition group was to begin a two-day meeting in Istanbul.
The group had to decide whether they will attend a proposed peace conference the US and Russia are trying to convene in Geneva, news.com.au reports.
The Syrian Army units on Thursday regained full control over the towns of al-Sbeineh al-Kubra, al-Sbeineh al-Sughra and Ghazal in Damascus Countryside province, having got rid of the terrorists’ last gatherings in these towns, SANA reported.
Other areas had been brought under the army’s control during the past month including al-Husseiniyeh, al-Zyabiyeh and al-Bweida.