Clashes in Syria between regime soldiers and members of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday (March 1st) left four dead, a Syrian NGO said.
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Clashes between forces from the Kurdish autonomous region in northeast Syria and regime troops are rare in the war-torn country.
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Two regime soldiers were killed along with two members of the local military council (affiliated to the SDF) in an armed clash in the suburb of Tal Tamr
" in northeastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Rights said. rights (OSDH).
In Damascus, the official SANA news agency reported that Syrian soldiers posted at checkpoints had prohibited a "
patrol of American forces accompanied by members of the SDF militia from entering an area
" under regime control near of Tal-Tamr.
The FDS then attacked regime posts, she added, without saying whether there had been any casualties.
For their part, the FDS confirmed in a press release the death of two of their own and two Syrian soldiers, without mentioning the presence of American forces.
This is "
a dangerous provocation by the Syrian regime,
" they said.
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After the withdrawal of the Syrian army from their territories in northeastern Syria a few years after the start of the war in 2011, the Kurds established an autonomous administration with a military force.
Kurdish autonomy at the gates of Turkey irritates Ankara.
Turkey sees the SDF as the Syrian extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a group it calls "
terrorist
".
In 2019, to halt an offensive by Ankara against their forces, the Kurds agreed to an agreement with the Syrian regime and its Russian ally, which deployed troops in territories under their control, even if the SDF retains the upper hand there. .