Syrian army forces were Monday readying an assault on the last rebel-held areas in the Qalamoun mountains, located on the Lebanese border, after overrunning the key opposition bastion Yabrud.
“The army will, under the battle plan, launch operations in all areas where terrorists are to be found,” a security source in Damascus told AFP.
These included Rankus, south of Yabrud, and Ras al-Maarra and Flita, northwest of the town.
“The aim of the army operation is to entirely secure the border and to close all corridors to Lebanon,” the source added.