DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – The Syrian Army troops have liberated several settlements in southern Aleppo and went towards the strategic Abu al-Dhohour airbase in southeastern Idlib.
Local sources reported that the government forces had pushed terrorists back from the villages of Sheikh Khalil west of the village of Abu Rawil. Besides, the Army’s engineering units started defusing landmines and bomb planted by the terrorists in the newly freed regions.
Meanwhile, Syria’s chief opposition negotiator said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump and European Union leaders should increase the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Russia and Iran to return to talks.
Nasr Hariri, the chief negotiator for Syria’s main militant group, said that unless the West forced President Assad and his big power allies to seek peace then the blood of Syrian civilians would continue to be spilled.
He called for Trump and EU leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May to get tougher with Assad.
The remarks came as the U.S. is helping those who are seeking to topple the government of Syria rather than trying to resolve the Syrian crisis.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Zionist regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in the country.

Syrian soldiers, and pro-government forces, pose for a picture in front of damaged buildings in the eastern Syrian city of Dayr al-Zawr on November 3, 2017.