Syria army retakes desert town from IS: state media
Islamic State group fighters shattered the stone sarcophagus of Syriac Catholic Saint Elian at the entrance to his monastery during their first occupation of the Syrian desert town of Al-Qaryatain in 2015-16 (AFP Photo/JOSEPH EID)/ Damascus (AFP) - Syrian troops and militia retook the desert town of Al-Qaryatain from the Islamic State group on Saturday ending a three-week-long fightback by the jihadists, state media said. It was the latest in a string of reverses for IS in Syria this month that on Tuesday saw US-backed forces capture its ...
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