Syria liberates more towns from terrorists' control in Aleppo

Syrian forces push ahead with a major offensive north of the country, recapturing more towns in areas close to the Turkish border.

Syria’s official SANA agency said on Friday that army units backed by popular volunteer fighters managed to seize control over the towns of Rityan and Mair in the northern countryside of Aleppo Province.

The recapture came days after pro-government forces broke a long-running siege on two Shia-dominated towns of Nubbul and Zahra, in a major blow to al-Qaeda-linked terrorists operating along the Turkish border.

The army, backed by the Russian air force has dealt a series of heavy blows to terrorists across Syria over the past couple of months.

Elsewhere to the south of Syria, the military managed to take full control of Atman town in the countryside of the southern city of Dara’a, a military source told SANA.

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