United States suspends non-lethal assistance into northern Syria
The United States has suspended all non-lethal assistance into northern Syria after Islamic Front forces seized headquarters and warehouses belonging to the opposition\’s Supreme Military Council (SMC), a US embassy spokesman in Ankara has said.
Fighters from the Islamic Front, a union of six major rebel groups, took control of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) bases at the Bab al-Hawa crossing on Syria\’s northwestern border with Turkey late on Friday, prompting the US announcement, which was made on the following Wednesday.
Turkey has also shut its side of the border crossing, in Hatay province, due to a reported increase in clashes on the Syrian side, customs sources told Reuters news agency, although there was no immediate confirmation from Turkish officials.
Source: Agencies
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