SYRIAN troops recaptured a key town in Aleppo province from Saudi-backed extremists yesterday.

An army brigade, backed by Lebanese Hezbollah guerillas, the Iraqi volunteer Harakat al-Nujaba militia and other allied forces, launched the operation on Tuesday night.

Sources told Al-Masdar News that an Iranian airborne special forces brigade, recently deployed to Syria in an ostensibly advisory role, also took part in the assault.