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Seizing control of Syria's al-Bab important to push for Raqqa - Turkish official

Published 22/02/2017, 11:48
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO -  A file photo shows free Syrian Army fighters carrying their weapons as they stand on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of al-Bab

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Seizing control of Syria's al-Bab from Islamic State is important to wiping out the militant group from its stronghold of Raqqa, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said on Wednesday.

Ibrahim Kalin also said the argument that there was no alternative to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia in the fight against Islamic State was invalid.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO -  A file photo shows free Syrian Army fighters carrying their weapons as they stand on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of al-Bab

Turkey is backing a group of Syrian rebels, mainly Arab and Turkmen, in northern Syria against Islamic State and hopes to stop the advance of the YPG, which it sees as a hostile force. The rebels have been besieging the town of al-Bab for weeks.

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