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Assad forces make gains east of Daraa: sources

Syrian regime forces on Sunday have made gains in the eastern countryside of Daraa south Syria, taking control of three hills and district close to military airport, field source told Zaman al-Wasl.

The fresh advances made by Bashar al-Assad forces near the Jordanian border rang the alarm bells of rebels as regime army can easily hit their strongholds on the eastern front, activists said.

The army took control of Tel Hajer, Tel al-Sheikh Hussein, Mazraet al-Kuwaiti and neighboring district of al-Tha'leh military airport near Druze-dominated province of Sweida.

ِAlso, Syria air strikes pounded towns of al-Msaifra, al-Tiba, al-Karak and Om Walad towns in the eastern countryside of Daraa.

Meanwhile, Syrian air force has extends its aerial campaign during  Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, at least 97 people have been killed on Saturday and Friday mostly in rebel-controlled Idlib and Aleppo provinces, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights.

More than 230,000 people killed and over 12 million forced to flee their homes since the Syrian revolution erupted in March 2011.

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