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Syrian forces gain more ground across the country against Daesh

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militants ride on a vehicle in the north of Raqqah city, Syria February 5, 2017. (Photo by Reuters)

Syrian forces have successfully pushed back Daesh terrorists in the country’s north, around the capital and in the west-central Homs Province.

Government forces, backed by Russian artillery, managed to secure the village of Owaisheh located to the east of al-Bab, Daesh’s last stronghold in the province of Aleppo on Sunday.

"They are hundreds of meters from the only route that Daesh has to access territory further east," said director of the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdel Rahman.

Syrian troops are now stationed some five kilometers to the south of al-Bab, while Turkish backed militants have reached the town’s northern edge.

Meanwhile, government forces managed to retake the Hayyan oilfield located to the west of Palmyra after liberating two villages in its vicinity.

“Syrian troops expanded their area of control" said Abdel Rahman.

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Two militants from the Free Syrian Army stand next to an armored pickup truck, one carrying a machine gun, near the town of Bizaah northeast of the city of Al-Bab, some 30 kilometers from the Syrian city of Aleppo, on February 4, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Elsewhere, Syrian troops engaged in clashes with the terrorists around the Al-Seen military airport located to the northeast of Damascus, inflicting large numbers of casualties on them.

In Homs, some 100 anti-government militants surrendered their weapons to Syrian authorities to gain amnesty in accordance to an official decree recently extended by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Syria has been battling foreign-backed militancy for nearly six years. Over the past few months, the Syrian army has made significant gains against terrorists, including the liberation of the strategic city of Aleppo in late 2016.

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