Erdogan reports ‘Daesh forces leaving Al-Bab completely’

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reporting in Istanbul, said Al-Bab “is now besieged from all fronts”.

“Our forces entered the centre,” the President added, saying it was “only a matter of time” before the alliance of Turkish forces and rebels took control of the town.

During this operation, more than 650 terrorists were killed, military equipment in the amount of two tanks and four infantry fighting vehicles, 18 vehicles equipped with heavy weapons were destroyed.

“Daesh forces have begun leaving Al-Bab completely,” as reported President Erdogan.