(Zaman Al Wasl)- Militants loyal to Bashar al-Assad have executed an old woman refused to leave her house in the newly-captured town of Khan Sheikhoun.
Maryam al-Shalat was summarily executed on Sunday by regime militias, according to activists who circulated her photo on social media.
Two weeks ago, the Assad forces took full control of Khan Sheikhun in northern Idlib province.
Retaking the strategic town has long been a key regime objective, as the town lies on the highway connecting Damascus to second city Aleppo.
Since regime offensive began late of April, more than 900 civilians have been killed and more than 600,000 people have been displaced, according to local monitoring groups.
Most of Idlib province and parts of neighbouring Aleppo and Latakia provinces are controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a jihadist group led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate.
Russia-backed regime forces have been pressing an offensive against the region despite a deal with rebel backer Turkey in September last year to protect the area.
Assad, who now controls around 60 percent of the country, has vowed to reclaim the rest, including Idlib.
Eight years of war in Syria have killed 560,000 people and driven half the pre-war population of 22 million from their homes, including more than 6 million as refugees to neighbouring countries.
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