Clashes have broken out in Aleppo between Syrian government forces and Kurdish militias. The latter are to be integrated into the Syrian army by the end of the year, according to an agreement reached with Damascus.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense and the command of the Kurdish “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) announced that they had ordered their units to cease fire in Aleppo. According to both sides, at least three civilians were killed, and 25 others were injured in the exchange of fire.
The Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiya districts are under the control of Kurdish forces.
Clashes had already been recorded in two Kurdish-populated districts of Aleppo in October, after which the parties also announced a ceasefire.
As AFP reports, the March agreement called for the Kurdish civil and military structures, which control most of Syria’s oil-rich northeastern regions, to be integrated into a unified state structure subordinate to Damascus by the end of the year. However, due to serious disagreements between the parties, the agreement was not implemented within the scheduled time frame.
The clashes in Aleppo occurred just hours after a meeting in Damascus between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and a high-ranking Turkish delegation.
