Turkey-Backed Syria Rebels Unite Forces to Coordinate War Plans
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Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army has united its forces to increase effectiveness of an estimated 60,000 fighters who until now had a loose coordination, state-run TRT television said on Friday.
The force renamed itself as the “Syrian National Army” according to a news conference in the southeastern city of Sanliurfa, TRT said. The move came as Turkey threatened an incursion into northeast Syria to take areas from American-backed Kurdish forces, who are regarded by Turkey as a threat to its territorial integrity.