Assad's forces advance into rebel border town
 

Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad advanced into the rebel-held Syrian border town of Rankous on Wednesday, consolidating their control over a former rebel supply line from neighbouring Leba**n. The assault on Rankous is the latest stage of an offensive by the army and Hezbollah fighters to seal off the border region and secure the main highway leading **rth from Damascus towards central Syria, Homs, and the Mediterranean coast. Hezbollah's television channel Al-Manar said Rankous was under complete control of Assad's forces, but Syrian state television and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said fighting continued on the edges of town. "Units of the Syrian Arab Army are advancing in Rankous and are pursuing the remnants of the terrorists groups on its **rthern fringes and the surrounding farmlands," Syrian television said.

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