U.S.-backed Syrian forces said Sunday they have established a military council to push Islamic State (ISIS) group fighters out of their northern bastion of Al-Bab, after having already ousting the jihadists from Manbij.

"We announce... the creation of the Al-Bab Military Council" tasked with driving ISIS from the town in Aleppo province, said the Syrian Democratic Forces alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters in a statement, two days after driving the last jihadists from Manbij.


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