ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey could begin training and equipping moderate Syrian opposition fighters before March, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday.
The U.S. State Department said in October that Turkey had agreed to support the programme, a core part of President Barack Obama's strategy in Syria to field local forces to hold and eventually roll back Islamic State insurgents.
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