Syrian rebel fighters in Turkey flock to Syrian border Rebel Syrian fighters are flocking to the border with Syria as Ankara continues its offensive in Afrina, in northwest Syria, against the Kurdish militia of the People's Protection Units (YPG) qualified as "terrorist" by Turkey but allied with the US in the fight against the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). IMAGES AND SOUNDBITE / CORRECTING DOPESHEET - NOT TURKISH SOLDIERS, BUT SYRIAN REBELS