SYRIAN troops continued to advance village by village yesterday in the offensive against Islamic State (Isis) and other terrorist forces.

The Syrian Arab Army said it had liberated Kfar Naubudeh and surrounding villages in the west of Hama province.

In its daily briefing, Russia’s Defence Ministry said its air forces in Syria had hit 53 Isis targets across the country in the previous 24 hours, adding that it they had destroyed a “significant part” of Isis supplies.