Turkey-backed Syria rebels advance towards Manbij

Syrian opposition fighters have captured several villages south of Jarablus- a city they captured from ISIL last week.

Now the rebels have retaken many villages south of Jarablus, the group backed by Turkey is advancing towards the city of Manbij a YPG stronghold in northern Syria. Turkey which considers the YPG an extension of the PKK, says its military offensive will continue until the YPG retreats east of the Euphrates river.

Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Gaziantep along the Turkish-Syrian border.

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