Syrian troops retake rebel-held town

THE Syrian army has retaken a mainly Christian town near the capital Damascus, a week after Islamist rebels seized it.

The army regained full control of Deir Attiyeh in the Damascus countryside "after eliminating the last dens of terrorists there", the state-run news agency SANA reported on Thursday.

The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the seizure.

Deir Attiyeh, with a population of about 25,000 people, is situated on a strategic route linking Damascus to Homs in central Syria.

The area was captured by al-Qaeda-linked groups of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Al-Nusra Front last week, reported the Britain-based Observatory.

Troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have claimed advances into rebel-held areas near Damascus in recent months.

Further north, at least six people were killed and more than 35 wounded when a surface-to-surface missile fell overnight in the city of al-Raqqa, according to the Observatory.

The Syrian Co-ordination Committees, a group of activists reporting violence on the ground, said a Scud missile had landed in a market in the jihadist-controlled city, leaving at least 40 people dead and 220 injured.

There was no official comment.

Syria's crisis started in March 2011 with pro-democracy protests, which soon developed into a devastating war after al-Assad's regime attempted to quell the demonstrations.

The UN estimates that more than 100,000 people have been killed in the conflict.

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