Syrian troops consolidate control of Idlib town

Tanks rolled through empty roads in the former rebel town of Saraqeb, near Syria's border with Turkey on Sunday.Last week, Syrian government troops took control of the strategic town, whose streets and squares have become deserted.

Saraqeb is a key town because it sits on the intersection of two major highways.One of them leads to the capital, Damascus, to the north, and another connects to the country's western and eastern regions.

Syria's military vowed on Sunday to keep up its campaign to regain control of the whole country, days after capturing large chunks of territory from the last rebel holdout in northwestern Syria.Russia has heavily backed the Syrian government's offensive.The fighting led to the collapse of a fragile ceasefire that was negotiated with Turkey in 2018.

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