Syria: Army captures two villages from al-Qaida militants
SYRIAN government troops won back two villages from the new al-Qaida-led alliance in northern Hama province yesterday.
The force recaptured Khattab and Rahbeh five miles northwest of the provincial capital.
The small reversal of the offensive by up to 6,000 Hayat Tahrir as-Sham (Hetesh) extremists brought some relief to the city of Hama.
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