Jordan and other members of the US-led coalition targeting the Islamic State jihadist group are to train fighters belonging to "Syrian tribes", the Jordanian government spokesman said on Monday. "Jordan and other nations in the coalition and in the region will jointly train... Syrian tribes to fight against the terrorist bands," Mohammad al-Momani said at a news conference. He did **t specify which tribes he was referring to. The Syrian conflict, which began in March 2011 as a popular uprising but later became a civil war in which more than 215,000 people have been killed, has become even more complex with the rise of jihadist groups such as IS.