Syria govt 'retakes strategic town on Turkey border'
 

https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dI...dd14659931.jpgSyrian government forces on Sunday recaptured the strategic town of Kasab, near the only border crossing with Turkey in **rthwestern province of Latakia, state television reported. "Units from the army are reestablishing security in the province of Latakia after killing a large number of terrorists and destroying their *******," the television said, referring to rebels who had been in control of the town for more than two months. Kasab, an Armenian town, is strategically important because it is located near the only border crossing with Turkey in sensitive Latakia province, the heartland of the Alawite sect from which Assad hails. Rebel fighters including members of Syrian Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front withdrew from the town on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, leaving only a small number of men behind.




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