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Syrian government forces march into Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib

Syrian government forces march into Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib
Syrian government forces march into Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib

2019-08-20 00:00:00 - From: Baghdad Post


Syrian army troops and their allies entered Khan Sheikhoun in northwest Syria, advancing against insurgents in the town where ground battles raged on Monday night, a monitor and a rebel source said. 

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitoring group, said the army seized the town’s northern and eastern districts. The source, from one of the rebel factions there, said pro-government forces entered only part of the town and rebels were waging fierce battles to fend them off.