Syrian army, allies seize more of Jordanian frontier

A huge explosion sends clouds into the air after Assad regime’s forces carried out air and ground strikes over the de-conflict zone, Ein Tarma district in the Eastern Ghouta region of Damascus, Syria on 7 August 2017. [Ammar Al-Bushy/Anadolu Agency]

The Syrian army and its allies seized control of nine positions at Syria’s border with Jordan, expanding their control at the southern frontier, a military news outlet run by the Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Saturday.

The captured border positions were located to the southeast of Damascus, the report said, adding that militants had been killed and wounded during the attack. It did not identify the insurgents, or say when the positions had been captured.

Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Shia group, is fighting in support of the Syrian government, which is making rapid territorial gains against insurgents in southern and eastern Syria.

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