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The Syrian army and Hezbollah Thursday seized control over a rugged area in the eastern part of Syria's Qalamoun on the border with Lebanon after clashes that killed dozens of jihadis, Al-Manar TV said, The Daily Star reported.

According to Al-Manar, the Syrian army and Hezbollah fighters regained the “entire area” of Assal al-Ward and Jibba in eastern Qalamoun after they lost them to the militants in previous battles.

Al-Manar also said dozens of Islamist militants were killed and wounded in the attack launched Thursday morning.

According to the station, the Syrian army targeted “armed groups” in the villages of Assal al-Ward and Jibba in the eastern part of Syria's Qalamoun region, some 35 kilometers from the northeastern border town of Arsal.

Sources following up on the Qalamoun hostilities, told The Daily Star that militants overnight clashed with Hezbollah-backed Syrian troops along several combat zones, including the Assal Al-Ward-Jibba front.

According to the sources, Syrian warplanes carried out a series of air raids on militant positions in Qalamoun, killing and wounding dozens of jihadi fighters.

A Hezbollah attack in the Syrian Qalamoun border region killed three Islamist commanders Wednesday, also according to the Hezbollah channel.