Syrian troops on Tuesday captured the village of Qara in the mountainous Qalamoun region on a key supply route between Damascus and Homs, the army said in a statement.
The reported capture came after days of air strikes on the region near the Lebanese border, which is also a key smuggling route for rebels battling to oust President Bashar al-Assad.
"This morning units from our armed forces succeeded in taking control of the town of Qara in Damascus province," said the army, adding that many "terrorists" had been killed in the fighting.
Qara is located some 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of the capital, and close to the Lebanese border.
"This latest success is a continuation of the successes that our heroic armed forces are achieving in their battle against terrorism," the army said
"This success consolidates our control on the supply routes... preventing terrorists from illegally entering and from smuggling weapons into Syria," the army added.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, said Al-Nusra Front, a group loyal to Al-Qaeda, had announced its withdrawal from Qara but "promised to be back soon."
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