Human rights activists are reporting that on Tuesday Syrian rebels completely captured an entire town in northern Syria, near the Turkish border, after weeks of siege and heavy fighting.

Harem, a town about a mile from the Turkish border, with a population of 20,000, fell to the rebels during the early morning hours of Tuesday. 

Rami-Abdul-Rahman, who heads the Britan-based Syrian Observatory said, "Harem was very important because it is one of the towns that was loyal to the regime."