It was not clear who had been behind the attack.

A military statement said the liberation came "with great resolve and complete belief in victory."

Syrian government forces have seized control of a pocket of territory in Hama province in the country’s northwest.

Syrian government forces open a humanitarian corridor in the northwestern province of Idlib and the neighboring province of Hama for the safe exit of civilians.

Foreign-backed militants have reportedly withdrawn from a key town in Syria’s embattled Idlib Province as well as their last bastion in the nearby province of Hama following fresh Syrian army gains in the area.

Syrian government forces have managed to liberate more areas in the west-central province of Hama from terrorists.

Foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants shell the outskirts of the Hmeimim air base in northwest Syria, leaving a number of people injured.

A number of civilians were killed in US-led airstrikes on a village in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr province on Monday.

At least seven civilians have been killed and several others injured after Takfiri militants fired several rockets at a village in Syria’s Hama.

The government forces made the militants suffer losses in the west-central province of Hama.