Few moments ago, the ISIS-linked news agency, Amaq, reported that the terrorist group had captured 2 Turkish soldiers in the village located west of al-Bab in the Syrian province of Aleppo.
The Turkish Armed Forces entered Syria earlier this year in order to prevent the Kurdish controlled areas from linking up and to build a buffer zone under its protectorate in northern Syria. Now, Turkey-led forces and Kurdish YPG forces are competing for the key ISIS-controlled town of al-Bab in the province of Aleppo. Both sides need it to ahieve own strategic goals in the area.
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