The Syrian army says it is advancing towards ISIL-held territory in Raqqa province.
Troops deployed from Homs are moving from Athrhia road towards Taqba, a key government airbase in eastern Syria that fell to ISIL in 2014.
Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Gaziantep on Turkish side of the Turkey-Syria border.
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