Rebel fighters take up position behind piles of sandbags on the Karm al-Tarab frontline, next to Aleppo International airport November 23, 2014.

Turkish and U.S. forces will train 2,000 moderate Syrian rebel fighters at a base in the central Turkish city of Kirsehir as part of the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) insurgents, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said on Monday.

Turkey had agreed in principle to train and equip Syrian rebel forces as part of the U.S.-led military campaign against ISIS but details on the numbers involved and where the training would take place had yet to be announced.

The announcement comes after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul over the weekend to discuss Turkey’s role in the military coalition against ISIS insurgents.

The Turkish official said the 2,000 Syrian rebel fighters would be among a total of 5,000 being trained in several countries as part of the U.S.-led campaign.

 
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