Syrian army units and their allied forces have taken control of dozens of towns and villages in the country’s northwest.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces have taken at least 79 villages in the southern parts of Aleppo province.
According to the UK based monitor, army troops had lost control of those villages in 2012. It brings them closer to Abu Duhur military airport.
The airbase straddles the border between Aleppo and Idlib, the last province in the country outside the government’s control.
Syria has been making major gains over the past months.
The government has managed to clear vast swathes of land from the grip of terror groups in the west, north and east of the country.
