DAMASCUS, Feb 9 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian government forces captured a strategic town in the south of Aleppo province in northern Syria on Saturday, a war monitor reported.
The army forces captured the town of al-Eis, one of the important areas in the army’s quest, to fully secure the Damascus-Aleppo highway, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights.
The Syrian government, backed by its ally Russia, has kept up a military offensive in Idlib province, and the southern Aleppo countryside, aimed at securing the strategic highway, that runs along the rebel-controlled territory.– NNN-SANA
