The Army also captured six villages in eastern Homs.[208] Fighting broke out in those towns again in October.[209] On 28 September, rebels seized the Ramtha border post in Daraa Governorate on the Syria Jordan crossing after fighting which left 26 soldiers dead along with 7 foreign rebel fighters.[210] On 3 October, AFP reported that Syria's army re-took the town of Khanasir, which is located on a supply route linking central Syria to the city of Aleppo.[211] On 7 October, the Syrian Army managed to reopen the supply route between Aleppo and Khanasir.[212]