On a radio device, an order was given to the soldiers to gather at the square in Maarat al-Numan with a military officer instructing them to prepare for the next battle that will take place in the city of Saraqeb in Idlib.

"The next target is capturing the city of Saraqeb, which is a key point on the official road linking Damascus with Aleppo," a military officer told Xinhua.

The officer started explaining to the reporters the battle plan on a map, saying that the Syrian army is advancing from two directions at once, one group is coming from Aleppo and the other from Idlib.

The officer said to the soldiers: "you must be careful and the targeting must be precise to avoid any civilian casualty."

The officer wished the rebels will quickly surrender in Saraqeb to avert a grinding war in the area.

He repeated the government stance that "the Syrian army will continue to fight until liberating all areas from the terrorist groups."

On the return of civilians to Maarat al-Numan, the officer said the city needs rehabilitation of its infrastructure, noting that this will start immediately after cleaning the city of mines and war leftovers.

Wafa Shabroni, a reporter working for RT, suffers major injuries in her face while covering the liberation of Maarat al-Numan when rebels' ammunition exploded while she was nearby.

Shabroni was transferred to the Russian-run Hmeimim airbase in northwestern Syria and later to Moscow to receive treatment.

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