The Turkish-backed advance denied Islamic State its main route to the outside world, through which it has moved fighters and weapons. That puts Turkey in firm control of a stretch of land it sees as a bulwark against the US-backed Syrian Kurdish YPG militia. 'Terror corridor'President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday raised concern about the formation of a "terror corridor" along Turkey's Syrian border. "The government, which says it wants to stop ISIS (Islamic State) with the Jarablus invasion, has no credibility. Separately, Anadolu said Turkish warplanes hit four Islamic State positions on Saturday evening in Syria's northwestern Aleppo province as part of the operation, citing security sources.

Source: bd News24 September 04, 2016 18:56 UTC