Syrian government forces are marching toward the last town held by the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) in the central province of Homs, Syrian state media and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday (June 15th).
The Observatory said that government forces and their allies have reached within 25 kilometres, west of the town of Sukhna, which has been held by the extremists since May 2015, al-Ahram Online reported.
Syria's state news agency, SANA, confirmed troops are marching deep in the desert area near the historic central town of Palmyra.
Government forces captured the so-called "Arak Triangle", which links the town of Sukhna and Arak to a major oil pumping station, the agency said.
