Four army personnel and three civilians were hurt when the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched a rocket attack on a military post in northern Syria, according to Syria’s Ministry of Defense.
The ministry claimed that the military was able to halt the attack in Manbij’s countryside in a statement released by Syria’s official SANA news agency.
The ministry stated in a later statement that the military was carrying out “precise strikes” that “the army forces are working to deal with the sources of fire that targeted the civilian villages near the deployment lines.”
However, the SDF, which is supported by the US, claimed in a statement that it was responding to an “unprovoked artillery assault” by rebel groups operating within the Syrian government ranks.
No casualties were mentioned in the statement.
The SDF and Syria’s new interim government reached a deal in March to integrate into state institutions, which led to the incident.
The SDF has been in charge of a semi-autonomous region of Syria’s northeast since 2015, and if it is implemented, the agreement will give it full control over the country’s central government, led by interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa.
The lightning rebel offensive that sacked Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December of last year was led by Al-Sharaa.
Since the uprising of al-Assad, there have been discussions about integrating the SDF into the Syrian state, but they have been hampered by divisions created by civil war.
The SDF and Syrian armed forces’ merger was not specified in the March agreement.
Damascus wants its forces to join as individuals, whereas the SDF has previously stated that they must unite.
Source: Aljazeera
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