The Syrian army regained Wednesday control over Ma’loula after five days of fierce clashes with the militants in the town.

The Syrian army regained Wednesday control over Ma'loula after five days of fierce clashes with the militants in the town.

After the military had entered the town, the militants moved back to the northern part of Ma'loula before they completely withdrew to the neighboring towns.

The army, aided by the local fighters who belong to the public committees,  started its campaign by ambushing a large number of al-Nusra Front militants who lost their supplies from al-Nabk and other towns in the vicinity.

The Syrian army also restored security and stability to the village of Maksar al-Hisan in Homs countryside, killing a large number of terrorists and destroying their weapons and tools, a military source told the Syrian news agency, SANA.