DAMASCUS, Jan. 12 -- The Syrian army has retaken all the towns lost a day earlier to the Turkey-backed rebels and other militant groups in the northwestern province of Idlib, a monitor group said Friday.
Through the counter-offensive by the army in the southern countryside of Idlib, the army has expanded its control to 120 towns since its military campaign in Idlib and the countryside of Hama on Dec. 25, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
On Thursday, Turkey-backed rebel groups, as well as the al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee (LLC), unleashed a major offensive to foil the advance of the Syrian army.
Opposition activists said the government forces' offensive in Idlib united the rebel factions, adding that the progress of the army could undermine the entire armed insurgency in Syria as Idlib is the major rebel bastion in Syria, following the defeat of the Islamic State (IS) late last year.
The rebels, backed by Turkey's Turkistan Party, used Turkish armored vehicles and tanks and brought in most of their forces from the northern countryside of the northwestern province of Latakia and the Jisr al-Shughour area in the northern countryside of Idlib, military officers were cited by state news agency SANA as saying.
The Turkistan Party fought against the army alongside the Nour Addien al-Zinki and the LLC, said SANA, adding that the Turkish government has been facilitating the entry of the Nour Addien al-Zinki fighters through the Turkish border.
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