Turkish military says Syria's Al-Bab-Aleppo highway under full control

Turkey-backed Syrian opposition forces besieging Daesh-controlled Al-Bab have gained full control of the highway linking the town to Aleppo with intense ground and air fire support, the Turkish military said on Wednesday.

In its daily round-up of the near four-month-old "Euphrates Shield" operation to push Daesh away from the border area, the army said Turkish warplanes had destroyed 48 Daesh targets and killed 15 militants.

Four Turkish soldiers were slightly wounded when the vehicle they were travelling in was damaged by a roadside blast, it added.