According to information received by a Sputnik correspondent, the bombing carried out by the Syrian military aircraft on the positions of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the area of al-Bab, which had been captured by Daesh, has halted the advance of the FSA fighters, which are supported by Turkey.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Syrian Forces, which include the Kurdish self-defense units YPG, are also moving from Afrin and Manbij towards al-Bab in order to establish their own control there and to consolidate the Kurdish cantons of Afrin and Kobani.
Meanwhile, Syrian government forces comprising 10,000 soldiers have demonstrated significant advances in the operation to liberate al-Bab.
They were first taken to al-Bab and from there to Raqqa. Al-Bab is one of Daesh’s last remaining strongholds near the Turkish border. Capturing the city is of strategic importance to Turkey in order to prevent the Syrian Kurds taking it and unifying their own territories.
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