Kurds Battle Assad’s Forces, Opens New Front In Syria’s War

[jchima]

Syrian Kurds battled with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday, breaking a longstanding tacit agreement between the two sides to focus on other enemies in a complex civil war, Kurdish sources and a monitoring group said. Reuters report:

In Syria’s predominantly Kurdish northeast, Assad’s forces and Kurdish militia, mainly the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), have for the most part coexisted without clashing, focusing their firepower on the Islamic State insurgent group.
Source: Kurds Battle Assad s Forces Opens New Front In Syria s War - eReporter