Regime forces and Kurdish fighters agreed on Tuesday to a truce in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh after a week of clashes, a Kurdish official and Syrian state media said.
A statement distributed to journalists by a Kurdish official said the agreement included “a ceasefire and the withdrawal of all armed forces from the city.”
The official said the deal was brokered “under the auspices of Russian military officials” while Syrian state television confirmed the truce was reached on Tuesday afternoon.
Earlier, Turkey’s military fired on Syrian Kurdish targets 20 times with artillery at Manbij in northern Syria, a Turkish official said Tuesday, adding that the military was also continuing to hit ISIS targets in the Syrian town of Jarablus on the border with Turkey.
“The fundamental aim in the latest operation is to open a corridor for moderate rebels,” the official said.
Turkey considers Kurdish separatist rebels whether in its territories or outside in Syria or Iraq as a threat to its national security.
Syrian regime clashing with the Kurds came after Syrian Kurdish militia seized on Thursday several positions from government forces in Hassakeh, expanding their control in one of the heaviest clashes yet between Kurdish groups and the government.
The fighting this week led to the first use of Syrian air force jets against Kurdish groups that are a crucial ally of the United States in its fight against ISIS 'insurgents".
[alarabiya.net]
23/8/16
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A statement distributed to journalists by a Kurdish official said the agreement included “a ceasefire and the withdrawal of all armed forces from the city.”
The official said the deal was brokered “under the auspices of Russian military officials” while Syrian state television confirmed the truce was reached on Tuesday afternoon.
Earlier, Turkey’s military fired on Syrian Kurdish targets 20 times with artillery at Manbij in northern Syria, a Turkish official said Tuesday, adding that the military was also continuing to hit ISIS targets in the Syrian town of Jarablus on the border with Turkey.
“The fundamental aim in the latest operation is to open a corridor for moderate rebels,” the official said.
Turkey considers Kurdish separatist rebels whether in its territories or outside in Syria or Iraq as a threat to its national security.
Syrian regime clashing with the Kurds came after Syrian Kurdish militia seized on Thursday several positions from government forces in Hassakeh, expanding their control in one of the heaviest clashes yet between Kurdish groups and the government.
The fighting this week led to the first use of Syrian air force jets against Kurdish groups that are a crucial ally of the United States in its fight against ISIS 'insurgents".
[alarabiya.net]
23/8/16
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Life gradually returns to normal in Hasaka city after a cease-fire was reached between the government official authorities and the Asayish, the military wing of the Kurdistan Workers Party...
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A security source reported that the Asayish breached the cease-fire agreement today afternoon when they shot fire at one member of internal security forces in al-Askari neighborhood near the central market, killing him.
Units from the Syrian armed forces and internal security keep their presence in the city to protect civilians and provide them with their basic needs.
An agreement to halt fighting was agreed in the northeastern Hasaka province that came into effect at 14:00 p.m. on Tuesday, the Syrian TV reported.
According to the TV sources, the injured, bodies of the martyrs and the captives on both sides will be exchanged at 9 p.m. as per the agreement.
Hasaka-Qamishli road and those leading to the Syrian army positions inside and outside Hasaka city will be opened.
SANA