Turkey says joint U.S. training of Syria rebels to start in March

Reuters

Published Feb 20, 2015 04:53AM ET

Turkey says joint U.S. training of Syria rebels to start in March

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday Turkey and the United States aimed to start a program to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels early next month.

The United States and Turkey signed an agreement on Thursday to train and equip opposition rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.