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Fighters from the Free Syrian Army ride armoured pick up trucks during battles against ISIS militants near the town of Qabasin. (AFP)

Ankara Intervenes to Halt FSA Infighting in Syria’s al-Bab

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 13, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The clashes that erupted between the Free Syrian Army’s Euphrates Shield unit and other factions in the Syrian city of al-Bab and others regions in the northeastern Aleppo countryside have come to a halt. Ankara had reportedly intervened to stop the...

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Turkish forces and Syrian rebels enter al-Bab in wake of battles against the ISIS militant group. (AFP)

Ankara Announces Plan to Set up Military Base in Syria’s al-Bab

by Saeed Abdelrazek | May 16, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkey officially revealed on Monday its plan to establish a military base in the Syrian city of al-Bab. Turkish deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak told Hurriyet daily on the margins of his trip to Bosnia that the chief of staff is going ahead with work to...

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Khalifah al-Khidr, a Syrian who was held captive in an ISIS prison in the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, revisits one of the prison cells on March 2, 2017. Nazeer al-Khatib / AFP

Syria: Writings of Hope and Disappointment on al-Bab Jail Walls

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 11, 2017 | Features

Al-Bab, Syria- On the walls of a former ISIS jail in the city of al-Bab, Syrian detainees whiled away endless months by scrawling phrases and poems, praying for freedom or bidding farewell to loved ones. One former prisoner of the jihadists, Khalifah al-Khidr,...

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Turkey’s Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, center, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, and Russia’s Chief of Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov attend a meeting in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, Turkey, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. AP

Turkish-US-Russian Coordination to Avoid Conflict in Northern Syria

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Mar 9, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- The top generals from Turkey, US and Russia have met to discuss developments in Syria and Iraq to prevent “the risk of a conflict” during their fight against ISIS. Hulusi Akar, Turkish chief of staff; Joseph Dunford, US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff;...

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Syrian rebels walk in the northwestern border town of al-Bab on February 24, 2017. Nazeer al-Khatib / AFP

Al-Bab Liberation Ruins Kurdish Dream of Federal State

by Paula Astih | Feb 25, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- After the Turkish-backed Euphrates Shield Forces controlled al-Bab city, Syria’s Kurds began to feel that their dream of having a “federal state” has faltered although it was not completely shattered. The latest developments in the battlefield in the Syrian...