On August 27, ISIS recaptured the border town of Al-Rai and its nearby areas from Turkish-backed militants in Syria’s province of Aleppo.
Reports say that ISIS used units that had been withdrawn from Jarablus in this advance.
The withdrawal from Jarablus allowed ISIS to avoid a direct confrontation with Turkish-backed forces there and now, the group isexpanding in other border areas while the Kurdish SDF units and Turkish-backed forces are engaging each other south of Jarablus.
