The ceasefire between the Syrian army troopers and the foreign-backed extremists also restored calm in the villages of Fuaa and Kafraya.
The development comes as Syrian army soldiers backed by fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement had already made some advances in Zabadani, clearing the militants from key areas in the town.
They mounted a joint operation early last month to take Zabani back from the militants.
Also on Thursday, a total of 46 terrorists were killed during intense clashes with Syrian troops in the al-Sayyed Ali neighborhood of Aleppo, situated 355 kilometers (220 miles) north of Damascus, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported.
A number of al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front militants were also killed as Syrian soldiers launched an offensive in the town of Busra al-Sham in Syria’s southern province of Dara’a.
Additionally, Syrian jet fighters conducted a series of aerial strikes against the strongholds of foreign-sponsored militants in the western provinces of Idlib and Hama, killing and injuring a number of Takfiris.
The foreign-sponsored conflict in Syria, which flared in March 2011, has reportedly claimed more than 240,000 lives up until now.
The United Nations (UN) says the militancy has displaced more than 7.2 million Syrians internally, and compelled over four million others to take refuge in neighboring countries, including Jordan and Lebanon.
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