Syrian government forces battled to recapture a strategic rebel-held town in Idlib province on Monday and a Turkish official said Ankara would continue to strike President Bashar al-Assad's troops after escalating its military operations at the weekend.Syrian state television broadcast live footage from inside Saraqeb, which lies on the country's main north-south highway, and said it was under government control. Rebels denied the report, saying they still held the town despite heavy shelling.
