The Syrian army recaptured a town and village in the central province of Homs from ISIS on Monday, state media and a monitoring group said.
"The army in cooperation with popular defense groups (pro-regime militias) took control of Maheen and Hawareen in the southeast of Homs province after inflicting heavy losses on Daesh," state television said, using the Arabic acronym for ISIS.
Britain-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the army's advance, which it said had been backed by Russian warplanes and military helicopters.
The recapture of Maheen comes after it was overrun by ISIS on November 1.
Previously, a ceasefire had been in force under which rebel factions remained inside the town but government forces manned checkpoints around it.