The Syrian army advanced Tuesday on several areas controlled by Daesh, including the town of Burj al-Qasab, located in the northwestern province of Latakia, Syria’s official SANA news agency reported.
Elsewhere in the southwestern province of Dara’a, Syrian government troops captured the Brigade 82 military base, situated close to the town of al-Shaykh Maskin.
An unidentified military source told SANA that army units inflicted heavy losses upon Daesh positions by destroying a number of vehicles belonging to militants.
The director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, said Syrian army troops, backed by Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon, were engaged in fierce clashes with militants in Daraa.
He further noted that al-Shaykh Maskin was strategically important as it is located on crossroads leading north to the Syrian capital, Damascus, and east to the city of As-Suwayda.
In another development on Tuesday, Syrian soldiers and popular defense forces seized control over the village of Hawwarin and the complex of Mahin, both situated in the central province of Homs. They also took control over arms depots in Mahin.
The Syrian Air Force further bombarded militants' hideouts in two regions in the city of Deir ez-Zor.
Syrian forces have recently been making rapid advances against Daesh and other militant rebel groups, possibly expedited by Russian airstrikes, which have been ongoing since September 30.
The crisis in Syria, which flared in March 2011, has so far claimed the lives of over 250,000 people and displaced nearly half of the country’s population.
