A view shows the damage in the town of al-Qaryatain, Syria, after Syrian government armed forces recaptured it in this picture provided by SANA on April 3, 2016. (© SANA / Reuters)
After several days of heavy assault fighting, Syrian government troops and local militia have retaken the town of Al-Qaryatayn from Islamic State. As RT’s Lizzie Phelan traveled there, she found a devastated place.
Al-Qaryatayn had been held by terrorist groups since late August. The liberation of the city proclaimed April 3 came days after Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) was pushed out of the ancient city of Palmyra, 100km (60 miles) to the east.
The army expects Al-Qaryatayn to serve as a springboard for further advances against IS strongholds in eastern Syria.
“Al-Qaryatayn is at a junction that connects the Iraqi border with Palmyra and from Palmyra through to Damascus,” Ahmad Albuhamad, first lieutenant in the Tribesmen regiment…
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