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DAMASCUS, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian army recaptured Sunday a military base that fell to the rebels in the northern province of Aleppo, as part of a progress made by the army to restore fallen territory in the province, a military source told Xinhua.
The Syrian army recaptured the Armament College in the southern countryside of Aleppo, continuing to advance in that area to lay a "nearly full siege" on the rebels in the eastern part of Aleppo city.
The college is one of a series of military colleges that had fallen to the rebels early last month, as part of a wide-scale rebel offensive aimed at breaking the government troops' imposed siege on rebel-held areas east of Aleppo.
The rebels managed to open a narrow route into eastern Aleppo, following their attack, promoting the government forces to unleash a broad offensive to recapture the fallen basis and re-impose the siege on eastern Aleppo.
The army reached the Armament College several days ago and clashed with the rebels inside, but achieved full control Sunday.
The Syrian army sent some of the elite forces fighting in Aleppo to fend off the attack in Hama.
