BEIRUT: (APP) Turkish-backed Syrian rebels announced on Thursday they had taken full control of Al-Bab from the Islamic State group, marking a key defeat for the militants after weeks of heavy fighting. The town of Al-Bab, just 25 kilometres (15 miles) south of the Turkish border, was the last ...

In Syria, the government forces severed the main road on Monday that links al-Bab city near the Turkish border to other Islamic State-held territory in Raqqa and Deir al-Zor provinces.According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the road was last main supply route that connected militant ...

Five Turkish soliders were killed and nine wounded on Friday in a car bomb attack by ISIS militants in the Suflaniyah area near the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, the Turkish military said in a statement.The Turkish army and Syrian rebels launched an operation in August to drive the militants away ...

Turkish-led air and ground operations in Syria killed 48 Islamic State militants on Sunday while Turkish warplanes destroyed 23 buildings and shelters used by the jihadists, Turkey's armed forces said in a statement on Monday.Turkish forces expel ISIS from Syria-Turkey border: monitor   ...

BEIRUT: (APP) The Turkish army and its allies on Saturday entered the Islamic State group's bastion of Al-Bab in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said."They entered Al-Bab from the northwest after violent clashes with the militants as Turkish artillery ...