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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 New Doha Zoo Yabrud falls to Thousands of Syrian army BEIRUT: Syrian forces backed by Hezbollah militants took full control of the town of Yabrud yesterday after driving illicit goods out rebels, helping President Bashar Al Assad secure the land route connecting the capi- tal Damascus with Aleppo and the Mediterranean coast. seized in raids The fall of the last rebel bastion near the Lebanese border could sever a vital insurgent supply line Five-day operation Shaheen ends from Lebanon. A military source said about DOHA: In a five-day-long and Operations Officer Aiham 1,400 rebels from the Free Syrian crackdown on fake and counter- Yasmeenia said the ‘Shaheen’ Army, Ahrar Al Sham and other feit products in Qatar, 147 people operation was the first of its kind factions had fled Yabrud in the were referred for investigation in the MENA region to check past two days. Another 1,000 and 51,000 electrical goods and counterfeit and illicit goods and militants from the Al Qaeda- a number of other substandard products. linked Nusra Front had held out products were confiscated. The campaign lasted approxi- on Saturday to fight government The operation, named mately five days and covered forces which had entered eastern “Shaheen”, is said to be the first of shops and warehouses across the districts of Yabroud.