The road needed to ship chemical weapons out of Syria has been seized
by troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, as the conflict passed
its 1,000th day.The Damascus-Homs highway had been blocked for around 20 days,
preventing the delivery of fuel to the capital, as troops battled with
rebel fighters to secure control of the town of Nabaak.The Syrian army has been fighting for several weeks to secure the
Qalamoun region, north of Damascus, in a bid to sever rebel supply
routes across the nearby border with Lebanon.
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