US EditionClashes between Syrian army, Kurdish-led SDF break out in Aleppo
At least five civilians, including three civil defense personnel, were injured amid clashes linked to delays in integrating Kurdish-led forces into Syrian state institutions, officials said.
- On Monday, clashes erupted in Aleppo between the Syrian army and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, wounding civilians and Syrian Civil Defense personnel as a senior Turkish delegation met in Damascus.
- Disputes over implementing the March 10 deal focus on whether SDF fighters join intact units or disperse, stalling the year-end integration deadline and risking reconstruction, Syrian officials warn.
- Attacks around the Shayhan and Lermun junctions forced highway shutdowns as SDF fired from Ashrafiyah and Sheikh Maqsoud using sniper rifles, heavy machine guns, RPGs and mortars, and a Civil Defense pickup was hit, injuring two first responders.
- Aleppo health officials reported hospitalisations as Aleppo's Health Directorate said four people hospitalized and dozens of families who fled their homes while security authorities urged residents to remain indoors.
- Clashes fit a pattern of sporadic fighting that has persisted for months, with ceasefire agreements repeatedly failing and tensions near the strategic Tishreen dam while a Turkish delegation met Syrian leaders.
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High-Stakes Diplomacy and Conflict: The Syrian-Turkish-Kurdish Dilemma
Clashes in Aleppo erupted between Syrian forces and Kurdish fighters amid high-level Turkish-Syrian talks on integrating Kurdish-led forces into the Syrian army. Casualties were reported from both sides. The complex diplomatic negotiations faced setbacks, with Turkey opposing Kurdish consolidation in Syria, entwined with Israeli concerns and regional stability.
Deadly clashes erupt between Syrian army and Kurdish-led SDF amid integration talks
At least three people were killed and 31 others injured after clashes broke out between Syrian army troops and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, as high-level talks continued over plans to integrate the SDF into Syria’s state institutions.
Joint Asayish-Syrian security checkpoint attacked...
A joint checkpoint manned by the Kurdish-led Internal Security Forces (Asayish) and the Syrian General Security Forces at the al-Shihan roundabout in Aleppo was attacked by armed factions 'affiliated with the Syrian interim defense ministry,' the Asayish said in a statement.
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