![MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-SOUTH Fighters loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad go through weapons near a tank after regaining control of Hamreet, a town south of Damascus, in the Daraa countryside March 1, 2015. Government forces say they've regained control of this and many other villages in the south - wresting them back from rebel hands. A general made the announcement on state television, saying a large number of Nusra Front fighters were killed and their weapons destroyed.The gains were said to happen on Friday and Saturday in a](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/04/RTR4RNSN.jpg/RTR4RNSN.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=18fWDYBP)
Iranian doc follows Afghan fighters in Syria
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