Up to 32 Islamic State fighters were reported killed in airstrikes over Quaryatayn in Homs province east of Damascus, where the militants reportedly kidnapped 230 Christians earlier this week.
It was unclear whether the kidnapped civilians have been liberated.
In the western coastal province of Lattakia bordering Turkey, state media reported government troops carrying out an offensive against the Nusra Front with the help of volunteer defense forces.
The Syrian army reportedly destroyed insurgents’ supply routes from Turkey and a number of arms depots in the area.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), meanwhile, reported the deaths of five ISIL militants in northeast Hasakah province from airstrikes.
In the northwestern Ghab plain, government forces lost control of a number of villages despite the deaths of an estimated 50 ISIL and Nusra Front militants in 80 airstrikes.
SOHR reported Islamic State also gained control of a village in the northern Aleppo province, scores of civilian casualties were reported in Sunday’s fighting.
(Sputnik)
9/8/15
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Rebel groups and pro-government forces have agreed a 48-hour ceasefire in three Syrian towns, activists say...
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The deal was reportedly agreed between rebels allied to al-Nusra Front and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group.
Hezbollah is an ally of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
Local ceasefires have occasionally been brokered to allow food and medical aid into besieged areas......http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33874569
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