Kurds, Syria regime clash again despite mediation

AFP, HASAKEH: New fighting broke out overnight between Kurdish and regime forces in the flashpoint northern Syrian city of Hasakeh, a monitor said on Monday, as Russian officials pursued mediation efforts.
The fresh violence came amid conflicting reports on whether a truce had been agreed on Sunday, with Kurdish sources denying reports by Syrian military sources and state media that a ceasefire was reached.
After hours of calm late Sunday, “clashes broke out after midnight in the southern district of Ghweiran and Al-Masaken” in central Hasakeh, the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights said.
“Regime forces still control most of Ghweiran,” Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP, adding that the Russian peace efforts were still under way.
A local journalist working with AFP confirmed that clashes were heard in southern and central Hasakeh and that pro-government fighters could be seen retreating from parts of Ghweiran.

 

Kurds, Syria regime clash again despite mediation

AFP, HASAKEH: New fighting broke out overnight between Kurdish and regime forces in the flashpoint northern Syrian city of Hasakeh, a monitor said on Monday, as Russian officials pursued mediation efforts. The fresh violence came amid conflicting reports on whether a truce had been agreed on Sunday, with Kurdish sources denying reports by Syrian military sources and state media that a ceasefire was reached. After hours of calm late Sunday, clashes broke out after midnight in the southern district of Ghweiran and Al-Masaken in central Hasakeh, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Regime forces still control most of Ghweiran, Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP, adding that the Russian peace efforts were still under way. A local journalist working with AFP confirmed that clashes were heard in southern and central Hasakeh and that pro-government fighters could be seen retreating from parts of Ghweiran.