„Militants of the Islamic State (ISIS) evacuated their headquarters in the city of al-Bab in Syria’s Aleppo province on Thursday, activists reported. ‚Dozens of ISIS military vehicles have left al-Bab carrying weapons and militants. They headed to the nearby town of Khafsa east of al-Bab city,‘ local media activist Nasim Babi told ARA News.
Informed sources in al-Bab reported that major ISIS headquarters in the city were seen empty on Thursday. The evacuated ISIS headquarters in al-Bab included the Sharia Court, al-Hisba police department, jihadi training camps and weapons’ storage centres. This comes as the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued their advance towards the al-Bab city in northern Aleppo. Also, the Turkish-backed rebels of the Euphrates Shield Brigades announced readiness to fight ISIS in al-Bab and other areas in northern Syria.“
(Bassam Qadir: „Islamic State evacuating headquarters in Syria’s al-Bab“)