BEIRUT: Clashes in Kurdish-held northeast Syria between the army and Turkey-backed armed factions killed 23 people yesterday after pro-Ankara rebels a...
A member of Kurdish security forces stands guard as released detainees prepare to leave the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State group fighters in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh governorate on September 3, 2023, and return to their homes in Raqa. AFPPIX: Clashes in Kurdish-held northeast Syria between the army and Turkey-backed armed factions killed 23 people yesterday after pro-Ankara rebels attempted to infiltrate the area, a war monitor said.
The clashes took place in the Tal Tamr area in the province’s northwest, according to the Britain-based Observatory, which relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria. A 2019 Russian-brokered agreement saw Syrian government forces deployed along parts of the northern border area in exchange for Turkey halting an earlier offensive.
The violence has killed 23 SDF fighters, 39 local fighters and nine civilians, according to the Observatory, updating an earlier toll for the days-long violence.US deputy assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs Ethan Goldrich and major-general Joel Vowell, commander of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, met “in northeast Syria” with the SDF, Kurdish authorities and tribal leaders from Deir Ezzor, the American embassy said.
The largely Arab-majority Deir Ezzor province is controlled by the SDF to the east of the Euphrates, while forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iran-affiliated fighters are stationed on the west bank.
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