Tue Nov 10, 2015 15:43:48
Syrian military, supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces and local militia, took control of the Ghmam settlement some 16 miles northeast of Latakia, Al-Alam News Network reports.
The Syrian army tightened its grip on militants' positions in the Northern parts of the coastal province of Lattakia and paved the way for further advances against the terrorists after it came in control over Ghamam town and its surrounding mountains on Sunday.
In early October, the Syrian army regained control of the Ghmam settlement, but Nusra Front militants later seized it. The settlement was recaptured from the militants last week.
A Syrian army general responsible for the liberation of Ghmam told journalists the settlement's capture was complicated, as deep tunnels made by the militants surrounded it. Russian Aerospace Forces' powerful bombs significantly damaged terrorist fortifications, according to reports.
Ghmam's strategic location allows for the control of a road connecting the Turkish border and the large Syrian cities of Idlib and Aleppo.
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