{"id":82744,"date":"2017-02-08T12:47:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T10:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=82744"},"modified":"2017-02-08T12:47:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T10:47:16","slug":"turkish-army-syrian-rebels-escalate-assault-on-is-held-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=82744","title":{"rendered":"Turkish army, Syrian rebels escalate assault on IS-held city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Syrian rebel forces supported by Turkish armed forces have seized control of strategically important hills around the Islamic State-controlled town of al-Bab, Turkey&#8217;s military said on Wednesday.<span id=\"midArticle_byline\"><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It said in a statement that 58 Islamic State militants were killed in air strikes, artillery fire and clashes. Two Turkish soldiers had been killed and 15 slightly wounded.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the operations had made important progress and the next target would be the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of Islamic State.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The battle for al-Bab has raised the prospect of confrontation between the Turkish military and the Syrian army, which has pushed to within a few kilometres of the city&#8217;s southern outskirts.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A Syrian rebel official and a monitoring organisation said the advancing forces had captured the western outskirts of al-Bab, some 30 km (20 miles) south of the Turkish border.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;With last night\u2019s assault, Islamic State\u2019s defences have been broken through and the advance is now continuing,&#8221; said the official, speaking from the Turkish city of Gaziantep. Turkish military reinforcements had been sent to the area about a week ago, the rebel added.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Al-Bab has been a major target of a Turkish offensive launched in northern Syria last August to drive Islamic State away from the border and prevent further gains by U.S.-backed Kurdish militia that are also fighting the jihadist group.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Syrian government forces and allied militia have mounted their own rapid advance towards al-Bab in the last few weeks. The city was encircled earlier this week when Syrian government forces cut the last way into the city.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based organisation that reports on the war, said the Turkish forces and their Free Syrian Army rebel allies had captured a hill on the western periphery of the city.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We don&#8217;t know if Daesh (Islamic State) will be able to recover it, or if it is in a state of collapse,&#8221; Observatory Director Rami Abdulrahman said.<span id=\"midArticle_byline\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a video sent by the rebel official, three Syrian rebel fighters with the Sultan Murad faction said they were speaking from inside al-Bab. It was not possible to confirm the authenticity of the footage.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I am in Bab now but not at the centre. We are on the outskirts. Thank God, we have reached this place,&#8221; said one of the rebels. 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Turkey says it has been careful to avoid civilian casualties.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Turkish presidency sources said on Wednesday President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call overnight to act jointly against Islamic State in al-Bab and Raqqa, another Syrian city held by IS.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The White House said in a statement that Trump spoke about the two countries&#8217; &#8220;shared commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms&#8221; and welcomed Turkey&#8217;s contributions to the fight against Islamic State, but it gave no further details.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syrian rebel forces supported by Turkish armed forces have seized control of strategically important hills around the Islamic State-controlled town of al-Bab, Turkey&#8217;s military said on Wednesday. It said in a statement that 58 Islamic State militants were killed in air strikes, artillery fire and clashes. 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