Turkey reopens border crossing near Azaz

 Turkish Authorities reopened Bab al-Salameh border crossing  from its side only after being shuttered according the conflict over Azaz town between al-Qaeda affiliate The State of Iraq and al-Sham and the north storm.

The border crossing long used to supply the rebel movement and heightened tensions between rebels who seek the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad and extremists who want to erase Syria’s borders and establish a transnational Islamic state.

Rebels who oppose the ISIS jihadists have collected their forces at the Bab al-Salameh border crossing a few miles away and are preparing to protect it should the jihadists advance.

Turkey has kept the crossing closed since Sept. 19 because of security concerns, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said according to NYtimes.

The rise of ISIS in rebel-held areas in northern and eastern Syria has posed a problem for the broader rebel movement. While many insurgents are deeply Islamist themselves, their focus remains on toppling Mr. Assad, and they accuse ISIS of prioritizing its own jihadist agenda over the fight against the president. But the rebels hesitate to confront ISIS, saying their resources are already stretched by fighting the government.