FILE PHOTO: Turkish military vehicles drive towards the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, Syria March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said on Friday they were preparing to join the Turkish military in a major new offensive against Kurdish forces in northwestern Syria, raising the prospect of yet another front in an increasingly complex conflict.
The goal of the battle would be to regain a string of Arab villages in Syria near the Turkish border that were seized last year by Kurdish-led militia fighters, the rebels told Reuters.
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