Syrian army troops entered Khan Sheikhoun in northwest Syria, according to sources. (File photo: AFP)
Syrian army troops and their allies entered Khan Sheikhoun in northwest Syria, advancing against militants in the town where ground battles raged on Monday night, a monitor and an opposition source said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitoring group, said the army seized the town’s northern and eastern districts.
The source, from one of the opposition factions there, said pro-government forces entered only part of the town and militants were waging fierce battles to fend them off.
Earlier on Monday, Syrian state media said that a Turkish convoy loaded with munitions crossed into northwest Syria, to help insurgents fighting a government advance in the town of Khan Sheikhoun.
