The U.S. has sent CIA agents and diplomats to the Turkish-Syrian border. According to the Turkish NTV channel, the U.S. intelligence officers will collect information from refugees and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Earlier, the media reported that the CIA was sending arms to the Syrian opposition, Turkish Weekly said.

On the 24th of August, the U.S. and Turkey agreed to build an “intelligence shield” for exchanging information about the militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party and al-Qaeda in Syria.