DHAKA: The United States has suspended all non-lethal assistance into northern Syria after Islamic Front forces seized headquarters and warehouses belonging to the opposition’s Supreme Military Council (SMC).

A US Embassy spokesman said in Ankarasaid, reports The Jerusalem Post.

Fighters from the Islamic Front, a union of six major rebel groups, took control of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) bases at the Bab al-Hawa crossing on Syria’s northwestern border with Turkey late on Friday.

Turkey shut its side of the border crossing, in Hatay province, due to a reported increase in clashes on the Syrian side, customs sources told media.

There was no immediate confirmation from Turkish officials.

BDST: 1733 HRS, DEC 11, 2013