Syrian regime forces have been on the offensive for more than a month in northwestern Idlib province and have captured more than a dozen villages in the area during the past few days
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency on January 28, 2020 shows smoke billowing from the area around the villages of Deir Sharqi and Talmans on the eastern outskirts of Maaret al Numan in Syria's northernwestern province of Idlib.
Regime forces which now control most of Syria after a nearly nine-year conflict that left more than 400,000 people dead and displaced half of Syria's population. Regime army spokesman Brig. Gen. Ali Mayhoub listed more than a dozen villages and towns captured, including Maaret al-Numan, during an operation carried out by Assad's forces.
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