The Syrian army Thursday recaptured vast part of a strategic town in central province of Hama after battles with the armed militant groups, the state media reported.
The Syrian government forces wrested back control over the vast majority of the key town of Mork in the northern countryside of Hama, as part of the military's ongoing offensive to dislodge the rebels from Hama's northern countryside, Xinhua quoted the TV report as saying.
It added that the Syrian troops are haunting down the remnants of the armed rebels in the town.
