Syrian regime forces captured on Sunday a northwestern village from militants after clashes that left more than a dozen killed on both sides, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Syrian troops captured Msheirfeh after clashes with insurgents that left some of them killed or wounded, state news agency SANA reported.
The Britain-based monitor said the village was taken by regime forces in fighting that left six troops and nine insurgents dead.
The Syrian regime launched a four-month offensive earlier this year against the country’s last opposition stronghold in Idlib Province, according to the Associated Press (AP).
The offensive forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes.
A fragile ceasefire halted the advance at the end of August, but in recent weeks it has been repeatedly violated.
In eastern Syria, a mine left behind since the days of ISIS in the village of Taybeh killed a child and wounded 17 others in a school field, according to SANA.
The Observatory said the blast in the village in Deir el-Zour Province killed five children and wounded others.
Mines left behind by the extremist group have killed or maimed scores of people over the past months.
ISIS lost the last area it controlled in Syria in March marking the end of its self-declared caliphate, AP reported.
