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Graphic shows areas of control in northern Syria
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SYRIA

Turkey-backed rebels close in on IS bastion

By Jordi Bou

November 15, 2016 - Turkish forces and allied Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters have begun an assault to drive Islamic State from the town of al-Bab in an operation that could foreshadow a push on the group’s de facto capital of Raqqa. The assault comes days after a U.S.-backed alliance of rebel forces, led by Kurdish YPG militia, recently launched its own offensive to retake Raqqa.

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PUBLISHED: 15/11/2016; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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