Turkish troops had watched on helplessly yesterday as heavily-armed ISIS terrorists blocked the border crossing at Tal Abyad, where some 13,000 civilians have crossed over the past ten days.

Heavily-armed ISIS terrorists, forced the civilians back to the rapidly approaching warzone, when turkey forces in less than some meters watching terrorist senseless.

The men, women and children were stopped at gunpoint almost within touching distance of the border town of Akcakale.

However, today - backed by "Allied Opposition Forces" and air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition - Kurdish forces pressed forward with their offensive on Tal Abyad and advanced to within three miles of the border town, Daily mail reports.