April 03, 2016 03:59 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 01:57 am IST - BEIRUT:
Syrian and allied forces, backed by Russian air strikes, entered the Islamic State-held town of al-Qaryatain on Sunday, having gradually surrounded it over the past few days, state media and a monitoring group said.
Al-Qaryatain is 100 km (60 miles) west of Palmyra, which government forces recaptured from the IS last Sunday. The town has been held by the IS since late August.
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