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Turkey will not hand over al-Bab to Syrian regime forces

Claims that Turkey will hand over the Syrian town of al-Bab to President Bashar Assad's forces after driving out ISIS are not true, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told the state-run Anadolu agency Tuesday. Syrian rebels, backed by Turkish special forces, tanks and warplanes,...

13 ISIS terrorists 'neutralized' in northern Syria

Thirteen Daesh terrorists were "neutralized" in northern Syria over the last 24 hours as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish military said Tuesday. Turkish authorities use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply the terrorists in question were either killed, captured...

Iraqi forces preparing offensive on western Mosul

Iraqi forces have started preparing an offensive to capture the western side of Mosul from ISIS, campaign commander Lieutenant General Abdul Ameer Rasheed Yarallah said. Popular Mobilization "is preparing an operation in the next two, three days, to back up the operation to retake the right...

ISIS expel residents to defend river bank in Mosul

ISIS expelled civilians from their homes along the Tigris on Mosul's west bank, apparently bracing for a cross-river attack on their bastion by Iraqi forces, residents said Monday. "The group forced us to leave our homes... without allowing us to take our belongings," a resident of...