AMMAN: The Syrian army said Monday it had recaptured a main residential quarter in the strategically located northeastern city of Hassakeh, several days after its capture by ISIS militants in a lightning assault.
Syrian state television said in a newsflash that the army had now "cleansed" militants from the southern district of Nashwa in the city.
The militants' assault last Thursday had allowed them to take positions in heavily populated districts in the heart of the city and to drive out thousands of civilians.