Damascus, November 4 (RHC)-- Syria’s state television says the country’s armed forces have reopened a road leading to government-controlled parts of the northern city of Aleppo.

From Damascus, state television announced on Wednesday that the road, the sole route into the government-held side of Syria’s second-largest city, was recaptured by the army 12 days after Daesh militants severed it.

The control of Aleppo, which was used to serve as Syria’s major trade hub before the crisis started in the Arab country in March 2011, has been divided between government forces and terrorists.

Fresh gains by government forces have, however, changed the situation in favor of the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The recapturing of the road comes days after the Syrian army liberated eight villages in Aleppo Province from terrorist groups.