ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish university said on Wednesday it would open a campus in one of the northern Syrian regions under the control of Turkey's military and its Syrian rebel allies, deepening Ankara's role in an area it has held for nearly two years.
Turkey launched operation Euphrates Shield in 2016 to push back Islamic State and Syrian Kurdish fighters from a swathe of northern Syria west of the Euphrates River, including the towns of Al-Bab, Al-Rai and Jarablus.
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