BEIRUT: Syrian regime forces on Friday sought to mop up the final pockets of rebel resistance north of Qusayr, after retaking the key town that was an insurgent bastion for a year, a watchdog said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that President Bashar al-Assad’s forces were also sending reinforcements to the northern province of Aleppo, where large swathes of territory have been in rebel hands for months.

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