Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey's operation to capture the northern Syrian town of Al-Bab was almost complete, Reuters reported.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of a natural gas terminal in the coastal town of Izmir, Erdogan said the Free Syrian Army, with the backing of Turkish forces, would soon capture the town.

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