Syrian Army Restores Most of Strategic City of Ma’arrat Al-Nu’man

By Staff, Agencies

Syrian government troops and allied fighters from popular defense groups manage to establish control over most neighborhoods of a strategic militant-held city in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib as they continue to score more territorial gains in the last major stronghold of foreign-sponsored terrorists. 

Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that soldiers and their allies pressed ahead with their counter-terrorism operations in the southern countryside of Idlib on Tuesday, and managed to liberate several areas in Ma’arrat al-Nu’man city, which lies 33 kilometers south of Idlib.

The report added that the development came after Syrian army troops enveloped the city from three directions earlier in the day.

Meanwhile, they are combing the city after cutting off militants' supply routes.

Capturing Ma'arrat al-Nu'man will enable the Syrian army to secure the road that links Hama to Aleppo.

Now the army prioritizes such an achievement as it will facilitate transportation between the capital Damascus and Aleppo to return to the pre-conflict conditions.