Syrian state television is reporting the army has broken the siege of an army base encircled by opposition forces on the eastern outskirts of Damascus.

The achievement came following a days-long military campaign. Army elite forces, backed by Russian jets, launched an offensive to break the siege imposed by the al-Qaeda-linked Levant Liberation Committee (LLC) and like-minded groups. The base is the largest military facility in the Eastern Ghouta region. During the war, it became a major operation center and supply facility for the Syrian forces inside the Eastern Ghouta region.