Cavusoglu on goals of Euphrates Shield operation

Turkey will press its military offensive in Syria until ISIL is driven from the town of al-Bab, despite a warning from forces allied to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and a helicopter attack on the rebels it backs.

"This kind of attack will not stop our fight against ISIL," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a news conference in Ankara.

"This operation will continue until al-Bab. The operation needs to continue, and it will," Reuters cited him as saying.

Turkey launched "Operation Euphrates Shield" on August 24, sending tanks and warplanes into Syria in support of the largely Turkmen and Arab rebels.