Syrian troops attack northwestern town recently captured by Muslim militants
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Syria's state media is reporting that government forces are attacking Muslim militants on the outskirts of the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour.
State TV said says government forces have closed all roads leading to the town, which was captured by Muslim militants late last month.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Syrian air force conducted 22 airstrikes on Sunday alone — mostly near the national hospital south of town where government troops are entrenched and under siege.
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President Bashar Assad vowed on Wednesday that "God willing, the army will soon reach those heroes besieged in Jisr al-Shughour hospital."
Jisr al-Shughour is west of the city of Idlib, the provincial capital, which fell to militants in late March.