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Al-Bab ( east of Al-Bāb. - Source: Wikipedia

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18 killed in bombing in Turkish-controlled Syrian town

By SUZAN FRASER and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

This image released by the Thiqa News Agency shows damaged cars after a suicide attacker blew his small pick-up truck outside a security office in Sousian village, about 8 kilometers (5 miles) north of al-Bab, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. A car bombing north of a Syrian town just captured by Turkish forces and Syrian opposition fighters from the Islamic State group killed several people, mostly civilians who had gathered trying to go back home, Turkey's news agency and Syrian activists said. (Thiqa News Agency, via AP)

Syria bombing kills 60; 2 Turkish troops die

Associated Press

This image released by the Thiqa News Agency, damaged cars after a suicide attacker blew his small pick-up truck outside a security office in Sousian village, about 8 kilometers (5 miles) north of al-Bab, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. A car bombing north of a Syrian town just captured by Turkish forces and Syrian opposition fighters from the Islamic State group killed several people, mostly civilians who had gathered trying to go back home, Turkey's news agency and Syrian activists said. (Thiqa News Agency, via AP)

The Latest: IS fighters in Syria’s Homs target gas pipeline

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UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura informs the media one day before the resumption of the negotiation between the Syrian government and the opposition, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

The Latest: Turkish troops, fighters enter al-Bab center

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The U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, right, and Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar talk during a meeting in Incirlik Airbase in Adana, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Turkey's military says the Turkish and U.S. chiefs of staff have &quot;confirmed&quot; the need to fight terror groups in Syria and Iraq, including the Islamic State group and Kurdish militants.(Turkish Military, Pool Photo via AP)

Syria and monitoring group blast Turkey over civilian deaths

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Syrian and Turkish forces have encircled the city of al-Bab, which the Islamic State terror army has been using as a way station to move weapons, soldiers and other crucial supplies into the group's home base in Raqqa. An assault on the group's stronghold may be imminent. (Reuters)

ISIS hold in Syria loosens after forces cut off supply lines around al-Bab

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, shakes hands with Secretary of Defense James Mattis as Mattis looks up at the Pentagon upon his arrival, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon denies cooperation with Russia in Syrian airstrikes

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey briefly restricts internet after release of IS video

By SUZAN FRASER and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press