ANKARA: Islamic State jihadists were expelled from their last positions along the Turkish-Syrian border, Turkey said Sunday, as Syrian forces again laid seige to rebel strongholds in war-torn Aleppo.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said his nation's forces and Syrian rebels had pushed back "terrorist organisations" on its southern border with Syria, depriving IS of a key transit point for recruits and supplies.

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