Turkey 'allows Syria rebel training'

Turkey has agreed to allow moderate Syrian rebels to be trained on its soil, the US says, in its bid to combat Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the BBC reported.

US National Security Adviser Susan Rice, who announced the development, said she welcomed the new agreement.

It has not yet been confirmed by Turkey, which has so far refused to send troops into Syria or Iraq.

And Turkey's PM says no deal has been reached to allow the US to use Incirlik air base to attack IS militants.

Turkish MPs recently passed a motion allowing foreign forces to use its bases for activities in Syria and Iraq.

The US-led coalition is carrying out air strikes against Islamic State militants, who have seized large parts of Iraq and Syria. Many have targeted IS around the key Syria-Turkey border town of Kobane.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said an IS suicide bomber had detonated a truck with explosives to the north of the besieged Syrian Kurdish town on Monday.

IS militants, who control some areas of the town, are continuing to meet resistance from Kurdish forces there.