The Syrian army on Monday recaptured from insurgents a strategic town in the southern province of Deraa after fierce fighting, securing its supply routes from the capital to the south, a monitoring group said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fighting is now outside the western parts of the town of Sheikh Maskin, which lies at a crossroads linking the provinces of Suwaida, Quneitra and Damascus to the southern part of the country. It also links eastern and western Deraa.
"The town is very important for both sides. They have both fought fiercely. Now by taking it, the regime has cut off the rebels links between eastern and western Deraa," said Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Britain-based Observatory, which tracks the violence in the country through a wide network of local sources.
"The destruction in the town is huge."
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WNU Editor: The current focus in the Syrian war has been on the military campaign in the north .... Syria government forces recapture key town before scheduled peace talks (Al Jazeera), but it appears that the Syrian regime is also advancing in the southern campaign.
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Deraa is where this whole thing started, as I recall.
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