© Reuters/Khalil AshawiTurkish offensive on route to al-Bab
as the Free Syrian Army (FSA), backed by the Turkish armed forces, regained control of the city, reports the news agency Anadolu. Sputnik Turkey correspondent Hikmet Dorgun confirmed the information. According to a source in the FSA, Daesh terrorists who were trapped in the eastern part of the city began to withdraw their units and weapons from the region.
According to information received from Anadolu Agency reporters in Al-Bab, the
FSA is currently clearing the city center of mines laid by Daesh. "The city center is under FSA control now. We're moving forward, considering mines and explosives around," Ahmed al-Shahabi, the FSA field commander, said as cited by Anadolu.
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.Earlier, it was reported that the Turkish military operation in Syria's al-Bab has
entered the final stage. Turkey's units entered central al-Bab, the
operation is being conducted in coordination with Russia to prevent clashes with Syrian government forces.
Comment: Russian and Turkish cooperation follows a January 12th agreement allowing their respective air forces to coordinate operations in Syria. At the time it was speculated that US involvement so close to the Turkish border would offer the Syrian Kurds an advantage, one Turkey doesn't want. Keeping the Turkish forces and YPG separated and out of clash with the Syrian army, and the US-added consideration for a safe zone, has been a logistic challenge in this area. It all depends on well-organized cooperation and the willingness of the various factions to abide by unified decisions and to follow through as required.
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Actually the country dismembered by the winners of WWI was Armenia. [Link]
As you can see Armenia was the loser in the western game of strip poker. It lost everything. AND AS YOU CAN SEE TURKEY GAINED THE MOST, THEN IRAQ WHICH WE PROMPTLY MADE AN OIL DEAL WITH. Obviously Turkey nor Iraq is going to give anything back sooooooooooo..............that means it comes from the new loser SYRIA. [Link]