Four new towns captured by Syrian insurgents

Syrian Kurds fled Tel Rifaat in northern Aleppo Governorate in large numbers on Tuesday after Turkish-backed rebels seized it from rival U.S.-backed Kurdish authorities. Four new towns have been captured by Syrian insurgents, bringing them closer to Hama according to activists.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces largely withdrew and called for a humanitarian corridor to allow people to leave safely in convoys toward Aleppo and…