Syria Situation Report: February 16 - 24, 2017
February 24, 2017 - Chris Kozak![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Feb%2024EDITS%20COT-01_0.png?itok=uC128hcB)
Opposition groups backed by Turkey in Operation Euphrates Shield seized full control over Al-Bab in Northern Aleppo Province as well as two neighboring towns, ending more than three months of heavy clashes. Meanwhile, UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura opened the Geneva IV Talks with the goal of reaching a political solution to the Syrian Civil War.