By Leith Fadel
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) – The Turkish forces reportedly
entered Al-Bab city for the first time today after a long battle with
the Islamic State (ISIS) militants in the northeastern countryside of
Aleppo.

According to Syrian opposition activists, the Free Syrian Army (FSA)
and Turkish Army entered Al-Bab this morning, seizing the Al-Hikmah
Hospital after a short battle with the Islamic State forces.

The Al-Hikmah Hospital is located at the western gates of Al-Bab near the Sheikh Aqil Mountains.

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If
this report proves true, this will be the first time a non-ISIS group
has entered Al-Bab since the Islamist rebels retreated from the city in
2014.