Post by Logan on Jan 24, 2016 20:13:35 GMT -6
RABIAA, Syria, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have captured a major rebel-held town near the Turkish border in Syria's Latakia province.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Syrian miltary, backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and Russian officers and airstrikes, seized the town of Rabiaa on Sunday.
The Observatory reported regime forces also captured the nearby villages of Daroshan and al-Rawda.
Pro-government forces in the northwestern Syrian province have been on the offensive since Russia intervened and began conducting airstrikes on behalf of Assad in late September. Prior to Russia's intervention, pro-government forces had been pushed into positions in the western edge of Syria, including in Latakia province.
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Syrian miltary, backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and Russian officers and airstrikes, seized the town of Rabiaa on Sunday.
The Observatory reported regime forces also captured the nearby villages of Daroshan and al-Rawda.
Pro-government forces in the northwestern Syrian province have been on the offensive since Russia intervened and began conducting airstrikes on behalf of Assad in late September. Prior to Russia's intervention, pro-government forces had been pushed into positions in the western edge of Syria, including in Latakia province.
Continued at www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/01/24/Government-forces-recapture-key-Syrian-rebel-town/1501453659476/?spt=sec&or=tn .