Syrian troops have killed at least 50 members of so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front terrorist groups in the strategic region of al-Qalamun near the border with Lebanon.
Syrian army has retaken Maaloula in Rif Dimashq Governorate, four months after extremist al-Qaeda-linked militants overran the Christian town, a security official says.