At least three people were killed and 31 others injured after clashes broke out between Syrian army troops and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, as high-level talks continued over plans to integrate the SDF into Syria’s state institutions.
The fighting comes less than eight days before a deadline in a March 10 agreement, under which Damascus and the SDF committed to a nationwide ceasefire and the integration of civil and military institutions in northeastern Syria into the state framework.
The US-backed SDF, which was not part of the rebel alliance that overthrew Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, is presently the most powerful nongovernmental force in…
