Syrian army takes control of al-Eyn near Homs

The army said it took full control of the district on Monday and it has already mopped up pockets of foreign-backed militants in several neighborhoods of the strategic city, killing a large number of them.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's troops have been conducting a fierce three-day assault against militants in the central city of Homs.

Earlier, militants carried out a car bomb attack in the country's central city of Hama. The booby-trapped car went off near a cultural center in the city.

Government forces have also made significant gains in other battlefields across the crisis-hit country.

Anti-Syria Takfiri extremists have been behind many of the deadly bombings targeting both civilians and government institutions across the Arab state since the outbreak of the violence.

Turmoil has gripped Syria for over two years, and many people, including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security personnel, have been killed in the foreign-sponsored militancy.

On June 22, foreign ministers of the countries supporting the extremists in Syria, including Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, agreed to provide them with more weapons.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the US spy agency CIA has begun transferring weapons to Jordan in an attempt to arm Takfiri militants fighting against the Syrian government.