Syria Clashes With US-Backed Armed Group Are Blow to Unity Hopes

Deadly clashes broke out between the Syrian army and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in the northern city of Aleppo, highlighting the challenges faced by the new government as it strives for unity following years of civil war.

A tentative ceasefire has since been reached in the Kurdish-majority neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh, Syria’s state-run news agency SANA reported on Tuesday, without providing details.