Syrian troops near Turkish border: rebels

Beirut (AFP) June 29, 2012 The rebel Free Syrian Army said on Friday that Syrian troops were massing near the Turkish border amid tensions since Syria's downing of a Turkish jet last week. "There are military units massing 15 kilometres or slightly more (10 miles), from the Turkish border, in the northern region" of Syria, FSA supreme military council head Mustafa al-Sheikh told AFP by telephone ...