Summary
Syrian rebels backed by Turkey and the United States have seized two villages from ISIS close to the Turkish border after fierce fighting, Turkish official media said Sunday.
ISIS seized the two villages from Syrian rebels in August after Syria's al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front -- which is hostile to ISIS -- handed them over to the insurgents after announcing it was withdrawing from an intended Turkish buffer zone area.
At that time, Turkey and the United States said they were planning to launch "comprehensive" air operations to flush ISIS fighters from the border area and provide air cover for what Washington judges to be moderate Syrian rebels, in a joint operation to drive ISIS from a rectangle of border territory roughly 80 km (50 miles) long.
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