Salih Muslim, the head of the Kurdish PYD, reportedly returned to Turkey for talks with officials; the PYD seized the town of Ras al-Eyn from Islamist fighters in July. Turkey is said to be exercising little or no control over jihadist fighters entering and leaving Syria. A recent report claiming that Sudanese arms were purchased by Qatar and sent to Syrian rebels via Turkey was disputed by officials in Turkey, Qatar, and Sudan.
