Residents of Syrian towns returning home

Residents of two strategic towns in the Syrian province of Hama began returning home, three days after the country’s army retook the areas from militants.
According to the Syrian Arab news agency, security has been restored in the Syrian towns Helfaya and Tibet al-Imam after they were cleared of militants fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Syrian Armed Forces continued their mop-up operations against the rebels in Hama, restoring security to more areas of the recently-recaptured Northern Province.
Syrian soldiers restored security to more areas of the Northern Province of Hama after killing a large number of foreign-backed rebels in a series of fresh operations on Saturday.
The Syrian Army inflicted heavy losses upon the terrorists in the towns of Tibet al-Imam, Lweibde and Zour Abu Zaid as well as the bridge of Helfaya in the province, SANA reported.
Two days ago, Syrian soldiers, along with national defense forces, recaptured Helfaya town in the countryside of the central province of Hama, which resulted in killing, wounding, and arresting of too many militants.
Meantime, several insurgents were killed in army's operations in Mourik and Kfar Zaita in Hama's countryside.
Heavy clashes broke out between army troops and rebels of Al-Nusra Front in Joubar, Ein Tarma and the surrounding of al-Dekhaniyeh in Damascus Countryside, where too many rebels were killed and wounded.
Al-Doukhaniyeh neighborhood was also the scene of heavy clashes between army men and members of the so-called “Islamic Brigade” in which several rebels were killed, including its commander Mazen al-Na’al.
In Joubar, army killed and injured many rebels, and targeted a long convoy of their vehicles loaded with weapons and ammunitions.
The conflict in Syria started in March 2011, when sporadic pro-reform protests turned into a massive insurgency following the intervention of western and regional states.
The unrest, which took in terrorist groups from across Europe, the Middle-East and North Africa, has transpired as one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent history.
As the foreign-backed insurgency in Syria continues without an end in sight, the US government has boosted its political and military support to Takfiri extremists.
Washington has remained indifferent to warnings by Russia and other world powers about the consequences of arming militant groups.