Turkey says won't hand over Syria's al-Bab to Assad's forces

Turkey says won't  hand over Syria's al-Bab to Assad's forces

PanARMENIAN.Net - Claims that Turkey will hand over the Syrian town of al-Bab to President Bashar al-Assad's forces after driving out Islamic State are not true, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told the state-run Anadolu agency on Tuesday, January 24.

Syrian rebels, backed by Turkish special forces, tanks and warplanes, have been besieging al-Bab since December.

Kurtulmus said the U.S.-led coalition had failed to give sufficient support to Turkey's operation to seize the town, Reuters reports.

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