(Zaman Al Wasl)- Skirmishes reported Friday between Syrian Kurdish forces and regime militiamen in the northeastern city of Qamishli despite a ceasefire deal, activist told Zaman al-Wasl.
The Kurdish internal security force, the Asayish, said in statement posted online, it had agreed on a ceasefire deal took effect at 3:30 p.m. (1230 GMT) after two day of heavy fighting left 21 pro-regime National Defense militants and 10 Asayish dead.
Mahmoud al-Ahmed, Qamishli-based activist, said skirmishes had taken place in Tai neighborhood and the Security square, no causalities reported.
Al-Ahmed said 25 civilians have been killed and 50 others wounded in the clashes as tens of families flee the disputed city to the nearby Kurdish towns to avoid regime aerial bombing in support of NDF Militia.
The fighting in Qamishli was the second most violent between the government and Kurdish forces since the Syria conflict began in 2011, according to Reuters.
Qamishli is mostly controlled by Kurdish security forces that took control as the crisis spiraled in 2011. Syrian Kurdish groups now control wide areas of northern Syria where they have set up their own government.
The main Kurdish groups and their allies aim to finalize plans within six months for an autonomous political federation in northern Syria, pressing ahead despite the objections of foreign governments which fear Syria's disintegration.
Kurdish and regime forces have mostly avoided confrontation since the start of the Syrian uprising in 2011. Syria's opposition accuses Kurdish groups that control the northeast of cooperating with President Bashar al-Assad. (With Reuters)
The Kurdish internal security force, the Asayish, said in statement posted online, it had agreed on a ceasefire deal took effect at 3:30 p.m. (1230 GMT) after two day of heavy fighting left 21 pro-regime National Defense militants and 10 Asayish dead.
Mahmoud al-Ahmed, Qamishli-based activist, said skirmishes had taken place in Tai neighborhood and the Security square, no causalities reported.
Al-Ahmed said 25 civilians have been killed and 50 others wounded in the clashes as tens of families flee the disputed city to the nearby Kurdish towns to avoid regime aerial bombing in support of NDF Militia.
The fighting in Qamishli was the second most violent between the government and Kurdish forces since the Syria conflict began in 2011, according to Reuters.
Qamishli is mostly controlled by Kurdish security forces that took control as the crisis spiraled in 2011. Syrian Kurdish groups now control wide areas of northern Syria where they have set up their own government.
The main Kurdish groups and their allies aim to finalize plans within six months for an autonomous political federation in northern Syria, pressing ahead despite the objections of foreign governments which fear Syria's disintegration.
Kurdish and regime forces have mostly avoided confrontation since the start of the Syrian uprising in 2011. Syria's opposition accuses Kurdish groups that control the northeast of cooperating with President Bashar al-Assad. (With Reuters)
Editing by Mohamed Hamdan
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