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Regime forces seize IS holdout in southern Syria: monitor

Published: 17 Nov 2018 - 05:31 pm | Last Updated: 25 Nov 2021 - 10:50 am
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AFP

Beirut: Syrian regime forces Saturday took back control of the Islamic State group's last holdout in southern Syria after months of fighting, a war monitor said.
Regime forces retook Tulul al-Safa, between the provinces of Damascus and Sweida, "after IS fighters withdrew from it and headed east into the Badia desert", the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.