Syria regime forces have seized dozens of towns and villages in northwest
Syria from their jihadist rivals following days of violent clashes, a war monitor said Sunday.
The fresh advances in Idlib province bring regime loyalists closer to capturing one of the largest urban centres in Syria's last major opposition bastion, the Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights said.
"This push is an attempt to get closer to Maaret al-Numan," Observatory head Rami Abdul Rahman told AFP.