The Syrian regime army and its allies gained full control of the Yarmouk Basin in southwestern Syria after routing Daesh (ISIS) militants, Hezbollah's al-Manar TV said on Tuesday.
The basin borders Israel and Jordan.
The ISIS affiliate, Jaish Khaled Bin Walid, was formed in May 2016, and is an alliance of several jihadist groups, the largest of them the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, which was listed by Washington as a terrorist group.
At least 10 members of Jaish Khaled Bin Walid, along with two women believed to be the wives of fighters, were killed last October in Israeli air strikes on the town of Sahm al-Jolan in the west of Daraa, according to AFP.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Jaish Khaled Bin Walid is estimated to have some 1,200 fighters, and controls territory in western Daraa province, along the border with the Occupied Golan Heights.
Zaman Al Wasl, Reuters
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