MIDDLE EAST
Turkey-backed FSA destroys Daesh tunnels in Syria
Haber Merkezi 14:21 February 11, 2017 Yeni Şafak
Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters have destroyed as many as five tunnels, excavated by the Daesh terrorist organization, in Daesh-controlled town of al-Bab, Syria, as a part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield. The tunnels were being used to prepare explosives to conduct suicide bombings. "In the last 10 days, these tunnels were used for the preparation of eight suicide bombings," Saffah Bridgades Commander Abu Emin told Turkey's Yeni Şafak daily. "There are still a large number of tunnels that should be destroyed immediately," he added. The Daesh tunnels in the region have a strategic significance as the terrorists use them for human, weapons and ammunition transfers and to protect themselves from Turkish shelling.