The Turkish-backed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Syrian_Army" id="mwAX4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Free Syrian Army">Free Syrian Army</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_al-Bab" id="mwAX8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of al-Bab">captures Al-Bab</a> from <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISIL" id="mwAYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISIL">ISIL</a>.<sup about="#mwt95" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_23#cite_note-16" id="mwAYE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAYI">[16]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"><cite about="#mwt92" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFLoveluckSly2017">Loveluck, Louisa; Sly, Liz (2017-02-23). <a class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-backed-rebels-enter-center-of-islamic-states-al-bab-strongholdin-syria/2017/02/23/e389a506-f9c3-11e6-9b3e-ed886f4f4825_story.html" id="mwBro" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Turkey-backed rebels seize Islamic State's al-Bab stronghold in Syria"</a>. <i id="mwBrs">The Washington Post</i>. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171224113943/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-backed-rebels-enter-center-of-islamic-states-al-bab-strongholdin-syria/2017/02/23/e389a506-f9c3-11e6-9b3e-ed886f4f4825_story.html" id="mwBrw" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 2017-12-24<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBr0">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBr4">2017-02-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt92" class="Z3988" id="mwBr8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&amp;rft.atitle=Turkey-backed+rebels+seize+Islamic+State%27s+al-Bab+stronghold+in+Syria&amp;rft.date=2017-02-23&amp;rft.aulast=Loveluck&amp;rft.aufirst=Louisa&amp;rft.au=Sly%2C+Liz&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fmiddle_east%2Fturkey-backed-rebels-enter-center-of-islamic-states-al-bab-strongholdin-syria%2F2017%2F02%2F23%2Fe389a506-f9c3-11e6-9b3e-ed886f4f4825_story.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+23"></span></span>