Syrian army launches strikes against Kurdish-led SDF east of Aleppo

The Syrian service has launched a subject cognition against Kurdish fighters successful the Kurdish-controlled country of Deir Hafer, pursuing convulsive clashes successful Aleppo.

The service issued warnings connected Friday up of strikes targeting the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) successful Deir Hafer, immoderate 50 kilometres (30 miles) eastbound of Aleppo, saying it would people areas that Kurdish forces were utilizing “as a launching constituent for their violent operations towards the metropolis of Aleppo and its eastbound countryside”.

SDF person Mazloum Abdi said successful effect that his forces would retreat to the eastbound of the Euphrates River.

In a station connected X, Abdi said that “based connected calls from affable countries and mediators… we person decided to retreat our forces time greeting astatine 7 americium (0400 GMT)” eastbound of Aleppo “towards redeployment successful areas eastbound of the Euphrates”.

The Syrian army’s determination came contempt a gathering betwixt the US-led conjugation and Kurdish forces seeking to easiness tensions betwixt the 2 sides.

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