Syrian forces make more advancement in Daesh-held areas

Government forces, backed by Russian artillery, managed to secure the village of Owaisheh located to east of al-Bab, Daesh’s last stronghold in the province of Aleppo on Sunday.

"They are hundreds of meters from the only route that Daesh has to access territory further east," said director of the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdel Rahman.

Syrian troops are now stationed some five kilometers to the south of al-Bab, while Turkish backed militants have reached the town’s northern edge.

Meanwhile, government forces managed to retake the Hayyan oilfield located to the west of Palymyra after liberating two villages in its vicinity.

“Syrian troops expanded their area of control" said Abdel Rahman.

Elsewhere, Syrian troops engaged in clashes with the terrorists around the Al-Seen military airport located to the northeast of Damascus, inflicting large numbers of casualties on them.

In Homs, some 100 anti-government militants surrendered their weapons to Syrian authorities to gain amnesty in accordance to an official decree recently extended by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Syria has been battling foreign-backed militancy for nearly six years. Over the past few months, the Syrian army has made significant gains against terrorists, including the liberation of the strategic city of Aleppo in late 2016.

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