(VOVworld) - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that Ankara will pursue its military offensive in Syria until the Islamic State (IS) is driven from the town of al-Bab, in spite of a warning from forces allied with the Syrian government. 

Turkey militants in Gaziantep, Syria (Source: AFP/VNA)

Turkey's incursion into Syria was launched two months ago to drive IS militants from its border and prevent Kurdish fighters from gaining ground in their wake. As the Turkey-backed rebels push south towards al-Bab, an IS-held town 35km northeast of Aleppo, they risk confrontation with both Kurdish and pro-Syrian government forces, whose frontlines are close by. The field commander of the forces allied to the Syrian President - including the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Iraqi militias, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards - warned Turkey that any advance towards their positions north and east of Aleppo would be responded to decisively and with force.