Two men prepare a multi-barrel rocket launcher within the clashes between armed opposition group Tahrir al-Sham and Assad Regime forces around the Abu Al-Duhur Military Airbase in a de-escalation zone in Idlib, Syria on January 13, 2018.Rasheed Hababa - A
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL: The U.S.-led coalition is working with its Syrian militia allies to set up a border force of 30,000 personnel, the coalition said on Sunday, a move that has added to Turkish anger over U.S. support for Kurdish-dominated forces in Syria.
A senior Turkish official told Reuters the U.S. training of the new "Border Security Force" is the reason that the U.S. charge d'affaires was summoned in Ankara on Wednesday. The official did not elaborate.
In an email to Reuters, the coalition's Public Affairs Office confirmed details of the new force reported by The Defense Post. It will fall under the command of the Syrian Democratic Forces, which has fought Islamic State in Syria with help from the U.S.-led coalition.
