Syrian opposition preparing for possible regime expansion on al-Bab fronts - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

Feb 23, 2021

Turkish forces stand guard as Syrians rally against the Turkish presence in northern Syria on Nov. 17, 2019 in the town of al-Bab in Syria's northern Aleppo governorate. Turkey and its Syrian proxies control several pockets of territory on the Syrian side of the border as a result of successive incursions in 2016-17, 2018 and 2019. — BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images

Syrian opposition split on timing of Assad military offensive

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

Free Syrian Army fighters help a fellow fighter, who was injured by what they said was a mine near Qabasin town, during an offensive against Islamic State fighters to take control of the town, near the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, Syria January 12, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RTX2YO8J

IS reinforces positions in Syria's al-Bab

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

Mourners take part in a funeral of people killed in reported artillery fire by Syrian government forces, in the opposition-held city of al-Bab, on the border with Turkey in the northern Aleppo province, Syria, Aug. 19, 2022.

Tensions high between narcotics division, FSA factions in Syria's al-Bab

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

TOPSHOT - Turkish troops drive their anti-mine Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) past shepherds on September 4, 2016 on a road near the Syrian village of Tuwairan, located around 2km of al-Rai, the small border town with Turkey.
Turkish forces and Syrian rebels expelled the Islamic State group from the last areas of the Syrian-Turkish border under their control on September 3, 2016, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. / AFP / Nazeer al-Khatib (Photo credit should read NAZEER AL-KHATIB/AFP/G

Why the battle for al-Bab is pivotal in Syria

Kamal Sheikho