BEIRUT — Syria said its army took control of a key town on the Lebanese border on Sunday, racking up another strategic gain for the government as the conflict enters its fourth year.
Syrian troops, backed by fighters from the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, have been tightening their noose on Yabroud, a town just a few miles from the border, for months.
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