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He added however that soldiers were still carrying out arrests in the town and looting homes.
He said the army had encircled the nearby town of Arida where shooting could be heard.
His account could not be independently verified as Syrian authorities have prevented journalists from traveling to cities and towns across the country to report on the unprecedented protests threatening the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
The army laid siege to Tall Kalakh last Saturday after it became the latest town to rise up against the regime.
Activists say at least 26 people were killed in the town and many more injured.
More than 850 people, including women and children, have been killed in the unrest roiling the country since mid-March and at least 8,000 arrested, according to rights groups and the United Nations.
The authoritarian regime has blamed the violence on "armed terrorist gangs" backed by Islamists and foreign agitators.
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He said the army had encircled the nearby town of Arida where shooting could be heard.
His account could not be independently verified as Syrian authorities have prevented journalists from traveling to cities and towns across the country to report on the unprecedented protests threatening the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
The army laid siege to Tall Kalakh last Saturday after it became the latest town to rise up against the regime.
Activists say at least 26 people were killed in the town and many more injured.
More than 850 people, including women and children, have been killed in the unrest roiling the country since mid-March and at least 8,000 arrested, according to rights groups and the United Nations.
The authoritarian regime has blamed the violence on "armed terrorist gangs" backed by Islamists and foreign agitators.
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