Syrian government forces captured a strategic town as the Russian-backed Assad regime continued its military push to retake the last opposition stronghold after more than eight years of conflict
BEIRUT—Syrian government forces captured a strategic town in the northwest of the country on Tuesday, as the Russian-backed Assad regime continued its military push to retake the last opposition stronghold after more than eight years of conflict.
Antigovernment rebels and militants formerly linked with al Qaeda withdrew from Khan Sheikhoun ahead of the regime’s capture of the town in Idlib province, according to pro-regime media and the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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