At least five people were killed in clashes between the Syrian army and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in Aleppo city on Tuesday, state media reported.
The violence comes after Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi held talks with officials in Damascus on integrating his forces into the central government on Sunday, after which state media reported there were no tangible results.
State news agency Sana said a Syrian Defence Ministry serviceman was killed in an attack by the SDF near Shihan roundabout in Aleppo, in the north of the country. Three others were wounded.
It added that three civilians, including two women, were killed and a child was injured when the SDF shelled residential buildings in the city's Al Midan neighbourhood.
The agency added that the Syrian army was targeting SDF drone launch sites in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood. Gunfire and shelling between the Syrian army and SDF forces were reportedly heard in the area.
Authorities in Aleppo have urged people to stay away from the sites of clashes and not to gather in or near the Ashrafiyah and Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhoods until the area is fully secured.
Al Ekhbariya said the SDF shelled Aleppo with mortar rounds and targeted streets with snipers. It added that the Aleppo-Gaziantep road has been cut off after shelling by the SDF near Sheikh Maqsoud.
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