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Turkish-backed rebels have captured the symbolically important Syrian town of Dabiq from the Islamic State group, rebel commanders and monitors say.<\/p>\n

The rebels took Dabiq after “IS members withdrew”, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.<\/p>\n

The small northern town holds great value for IS because of a prophecy of an apocalyptic battle, and features heavily in its propaganda.<\/p>\n

The advance on Dabiq is part of a wider offensive by Syrian rebel groups.<\/p>\n

Ahmed Osman, the commander of the Sultan Murad rebel group, told Reuters news agency on Sunday morning that the group had also recaptured the neighbouring village of Soran.<\/p>\n

Dabiq is just 10km (6 miles) from the border with Turkey.<\/p>\n

In August, Turkey launched an offensive to clear the border region of militants.<\/p>\n

In September, the Turkish prime minister said the 91km borderline was “entirely secured”<\/a> and “all the terrorist organisations were pushed back”.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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