SHAFAQNA- Press TV: A UK-based war monitor said that for the first time since 2014, the Syrian Army forces have entered the strategic town of Khan Shaykhun in Idlib province, after heavy clashes with terrorists and anti-government militants.
The Syrian troops “entered the town of Khan Shaykhun for the first since they lost control of it in 2014,” said Rami Abdel Rahman of the anti-government Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The town serves as a major bastion for Takfiri terrorists in northwestern Idlib province.
Reports say clashes are underway between the Syrian forces and Nusra Front terrorists. The army operations have focused on Nusra fortifications in Khan Shaykhun, leaving many terrorists dead or injured.
Idlib remains the only large area in the hands of foreign-backed terrorists after the Syrian army, backed by Iran and Russia, managed to wrest back control of almost all of the country’s land, undoing militants’ gains.
The government forces have gained more ground against Takfiri militants in the southern edge of Idlib in their latest offensive that was launched last week.
On Sunday, Syrian army troops and their allies established full control over Kfaridoun and Sabbaghiyah farms, which lie in an area between the towns of Madaya and Kafrsajna.
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