Near the town of Kasab, tucked into the wooded ridges of northwest Syria, camouflaged rebels are assaulting a government checkpoint with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms.
It’s the latest encounter in a spreading fight near the Turkish borderline, a region where many people identify ethncially as Turkmen and have felt treated unfairly by their fellow Syrians.
Rebels here tell Al Jazeera they’re taking out government mines and planting their own as they fight for access to the Mediterranean Sea, but that they lack medical supplies.
