At least 500 rebels on Wednesday crossed the Turkish border heading for the Syrian town of Azaz in northern Aleppo province, a monitor said, where opposition forces have suffered setbacks at the hands of Kurdish forces.
"At least 500 rebels have crossed the Bab al-Salam border crossing on theirway to the town of Azaz, from which they want to help the insurgents in the face of gains made by Kurdish forces in the north of the province," the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel, told AFP.
They include rebels as well as Islamist fighters, all of them armed, he added.