Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) aircraft resumed airstrikes on the Daesh terrorist organization on Saturday, 23 days after it halted air operations in northern Syria.
The new wave of airstrikes will allow the opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) to liberate a large area from the terrorist group, opening their way to al-Bab, a Daesh stronghold in the region.
FSA fighters backed by the Turkish military launched Operation Euphrates Shield on in northern Syria on Aug. 24 to free the zone form Daesh and Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the armed People's Protection Units (YPG) terrorists.
Euphrates Shield is the most successful operation against the terrorist group ever, as the Turkish military-supported opposition fighters have captured an area of approximately of 1,600 square kilometers from Daesh within two months.
However, following an airstrike on the YPG-held area in Afrin that killed 200 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)-affiliated PYD terrorists, Turkish F-16 fighter jets stopped flying over Syria on Oct. 19.
Since then the FSA sees a slower advance against Daesh as well as YPG.
Saturday's operation provided opposition fighters a suitable ground to fight the terrorists as they captured about 10 villages closing the Daesh line between the FSA and YPG-held Manbij.
Security sources said the opposition fighters are advancing to al-Bab and they are only 8 kilometers from the strategic city in the region.
