Violent Clashes Continue In North Syria As Damascus Seeks To Disarm Us-Backed Kurds – The Cradle
Violent Clashes Continue In North Syria As Damascus Seeks To Disarm Us-Backed Kurds
Forces from the new Syrian government are joining Turkish-backed elements in the war against the Kurdish-led SDF in the country’s northeast
Violent clashes between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) continue in northeast Syria amid multi-sided negotiations for the future control of the strategic region and the nature of the new Syrian state.
Eight SNA fighters were killed and eight SDF fighters wounded in clashes near the Tishreen Dam, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on 20 January, bringing the death toll from fighting between the two groups to 440 people since December.
The SDF is backed by US troops occupying northeast Syria, home to the country’s major oil fields and grain-producing regions.
The SNA and SDF have been fighting at the dam and nearby city of Manbij since Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led by Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani), took control of the Syrian state on 8 December, toppling the government of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
HTS militants representing the new government in Damascus appear ready to join the conflict on the side of the SNA. Syria TV reported on Monday that a military convoy of HTS militants has arrived on the frontlines near the Tishreen Dam area.
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