On 26 October 2013, Kurdish rebel fighters seized control of the strategic Yarubiya border crossing between Syria and Iraq from al-Nusra in Al Hasakah Governorate.[219] Elsewhere, in Daraa Governorate, rebel fighters captured the town of Tafas from government forces after weeks of clashes which left scores dead.[220] On 1 November, the Syrian Army retook control of the key city of Al-Safira[221] and the next day, the Syrian Army and its allies recaptured the village of Aziziyeh on the northern outskirts of Al-Safira.[222] From early to mid-November, Syrian Army forces captured several towns south of Damascus, including Hejeira and Sbeineh.