(VOVworld) – On Tuesday, the Syrian army retook Mahin, a strategic central town from Islamic State (IS) forces, who had managed to capture it several times in recent months.

Syrian army celebrated their victory after taking strategic towns.

The army succeeded in recapturing Mahin and its surrounding hills, as well as weapon depots in the countryside of the central province of Homs and the nearby town of Hawarin. Mahin is strategically located near an international road which is the main lifeline between Damascus in the south and Syria’s northern region. Earlier in the day, the Syrian army captured the Brigade 82 military base in the province of Daraa, pushing forward toward the strategic city of Sheikh Miskin near the Jordanian border. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Syrian air force has carried out over 80 air strikes on Sheikh Miskin since Monday. Daraa was the birthplace of Syria's five-year old civil war.