Syrian army forces have recaptured all towns and villages in the Wadi Barada valley near Damascus, the Syrian military said in a statement on Sunday.

“Units of our armed forces, together with … allied forces have achieved their mission in returning security and stability” to the area, said the statement, read out by a military spokesman on Syrian state TV.

The Syrian army and allied forces took over a Wadi Barada village containing a major spring and pumping station that supplies most of Damascus’s water on Saturday.

Source: Agencies