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Turkish-backed Syrian rebels gather in al-Bab city in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province on October 11, 2019 as they prepare to take part in Turkey's invasion of northeastern Syria. (Zein Al Rifai/AFP)
November 16, 2019, 2:52 pm
14 killed by car bomb in Turkish-controlled town in Syria, says monitor
Blast targeting bus and taxi station also wounded 33 people, some of them seriously, says Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
By AFP
In this February 22, 2015, file photo, Turkish military vehicles and tanks drive in the Syrian town of Ayn al-Arab, also known as Kobani, Syria. (AP Photo/Mursel Coban, Depo Photos, File)
March 12, 2017, 3:24 am
Turkey’s determination against Kurds alienates US, Russia
Ankara’s move against Kurdish-held Manbij has brought rare agreement between Moscow and Washington – and led US troops into the fray
By Sarah El Deeb
Two fighters from the Free Syrian Army stand next to an armored pickup truck, one carrying a machine gun, near the town of Bizaah northeast of the city of al-Bab, some 30 kilometers from Aleppo, on February 4, 2017. (AFP/Nazeer al-Khatib)
February 7, 2017, 12:17 am
IS ‘besieged’ in last bastion in Syria’s Aleppo province
Both regime and Turkish-backed rebel forces encircle terror group in town of al-Bab, which Turkey has sought to take for months
By Layal Abou Rahal
Syrian opposition fighters fire towards positions held by Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in al-Bab on the northeastern outskirts of the northern embattled city of Aleppo on December 13, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Saleh ABO GHALOUN)
December 26, 2016, 3:51 pm
Turkey accuses Islamic State of killing 30 civilians in Syria
Turkish army says the Syrians were killed while trying to flee Al-Bab, where heavy fighting has raged for weeks
By AFP
Turkish soldiers fire an upgraded M60 tank during fighting alongside members of the Free Syrian Army against IS jihadists near the northern Syrian village of Beraan on October 24, 2016. (AFP/Nazeer al-Khatib)
December 22, 2016, 1:13 pm
Islamic State: Gazan suicide bomber targeted Turkish troops
Jihadist group names Palestinian ‘Abu Osama’ as attacker who killed 14 in Syria attack
By Dov Lieber
A view towards the Turkish border from Kinsibba, Syria, March 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
October 6, 2016, 12:51 pm
Blast at Syria-Turkey border said to kill at least 29 rebels
Islamic State claims responsibility for attack, which it says was a suicide car bombing
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of Islamic State militants, with an IS fighter waving the group flag in Fallujah, Iraq, west of Baghdad, June 28, 2015. (Militant website of IS, via AP)
January 17, 2016, 8:51 am
IS ‘massacre’ in east Syria said to kill 300 civilians
Unconfirmed toll would be one of the highest for a single day in nearly five years of civil war
By Rouba El Husseini
A helicopter gunship flies a bombing run in al-Qalmoun, Syria, on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (photo credit: Shaam News Network, SNN/AP)
May 30, 2015, 1:42 pm
Syrian helicopters drop barrel bombs, kill at least 45
Dozens more civilians injured in strikes on Aleppo’s eastern neighborhood of Al-Bab, currently controlled by Islamic State
By AFP
Emergency response teams rush to the scene of a reported barrel bomb attack by government forces in the al-Muasalat area in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on November 6, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/AMC/Tamer al-Halabi)
November 9, 2014, 2:38 pm
Syrian air raids kill at least 21 in Islamic State-held town
Planes and helicopters pound al-Bab in overnight strikes in Aleppo province
By AP
Fatoum Obeid, 50, stands in a pile of trash left by Syrian soldiers who occupied her home in Atarib, Syria. In recent months rebels have seized a huge swath of territory in northern Syria, giving them a freedom to move and organize unprecedented in the 17-month conflict. (photo credit: AP/Ben Hubbard)
August 11, 2012, 11:34 pm
Rebels carve out large enclave in north Syria
In the former offices of Assad’s Baath party, a new political order is emerging. Local rebels have formed committees to fix power lines, fire up bakeries and staff the nearby border crossing with Turkey
By Ben Hubbard
Free Syrian Army troops riding through Al Bab on a captured Syrian army tank. (photo credit: Image capture from YouTube)
From the WebAugust 2, 2012, 9:15 pm
Syria files reveal regime espionage
Al Jazeera reports on the unveiling of the Assad police state with the capture of security buildings in Al Bab
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