Turkey's military confirmed on Friday that Syrian rebels had taken full control of all the neighborhoods of Syria's al-Bab from the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group.
Work to search and clear mines and unexploded ordnance was still underway, the army said in a statement quoted by Reuters. Turkey-backed rebels had besieged the town of al-Bab in early December.
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