Syrian uprising

Train-and-equip Syrian fighters held by Nusra: Pentagon

The U.S. Department of Defense has indications that members of the train-and-equip program for Syrian fighters have been detained by the al-Nusra Front in Syria, a Pentagon official admitted Aug. 4.
      
Since last week, reports from inside Syria have been claiming that al-Nusra has captured at least five fighters trained by the U.S. and coalition forces.
    

Turkey to train, equip Syrian rebels in border province, too

Turkey will provide a military facility in the southern province of Hatay, along with the Hirfanl? military base in the central Anatolian province of K?r?ehir, for the training-equip program with the U.S. in the struggle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a Turkish official has told the Hürriyet Daily News.

Turkey-US train-equip program for Syrian opposition to kick off March 1

Turkey and the United States will begin training and equipping moderate Syrian opposition fighters on March 1 within the framework of a Feb. 19 agreement signed by the two countries, Ankara has announced.

"I can say that it will begin as of March 1," Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç briefly told reporters at a press conference on Feb. 27.

Erdoğan announces Turkey will allow FSA to Kobane, PYD says talks continue

The Turkish president says the PYD agreed to the passage of 1,300 FSA fighters to the border town of Kobane, while the leader of the Syrian Kurdish group stresses that talks are continuing and no agreement has been reached yet The Democratic Union Party (PYD), the main Kurdish group fighting in Syria against jihadists, has agreed to the passage of 1,300 Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters to the S

PYD to allow Free Syrian Army fighters to come to Kobane: Erdoğan

Rojava’s Democratic Union Party (PYD) has agreed to the passage of 1,300 Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters to the border town of Kobane, which has been besieged by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for more than a month, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Oct. 24.
   

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