Syria Army Says Hasaka Clashes Result of Kurdish Take-Over Effort
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Fighting in Hasaka in northeast Syria between the Syrian army and Kurdish militia were a result of Kurdish security forces trying to take over the city, prompting the army to respond by targeting armed groups, the army said in a statement on Friday.
The army's response was "appropriate", and any further such attacks would also be met with force, the statement said after a second day of clashes and Syrian government airstrikes against the Kurdish YPG militia in Hasaka, Reuters reported.
The fighting this week in Hasaka, which is divided into zones of Kurdish and Syrian government control, marks the most violent confrontation between the Kurdish YPG militia and Damascus in more than five years of civil war.
Two Syrian Su-24 jets struck Kurdish positions in and near Hasakah on Thursday.
