Syrian state media and opposition activists say government forces have captured an important village in the northwestern province of Idlib, drawing closer to a major town in the last rebel stronghold in the country.
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, forth right, prays on the first day of the the Eid al-Adha, at Afram Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. State news agency SANA showed Assad attending the payers early Sunday at Afram Mosque along with top officials including the prime minister and the country's grand mufti.
The capture of Habeet opens up an approach to southern regions of Idlib, which is home to some 3 million people, many of them displaced by fighting in other parts of the country. Habeet is also close to the town of Khan Sheikhoun, which has been held by rebels since 2012, and to parts of the highway linking the capital, Damascus, with the northern city of Aleppo, Syria’s largest.
Syrian troops have been attacking Idlib and a stretch of land around it since April 30. The three-month campaign of airstrikes and shelling has killed more than 2,000 people on both sides and displaced some 400,000. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-linked war monitor, described the capture of Habeet as “the most important advance” by government forces since April 30. It said the overnight fighting left 18 insurgents and nine pro-government gunmen dead.
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