Syria's government accused the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces of attacks it said killed 11 soldiers on Wednesday, but the SDF disputed key elements of the account, blaming at least one deadly blast on explosives being moved by Syrian troops.
The incidents threaten to derail a four-day ceasefire announced on Tuesday after days of fighting in Syria's northeast, as Damascus presses the SDF to agree to a plan for integration into the central state.
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Syria's government said a drone strike by the SDF killed seven of its soldiers as they were securing a captured military base containing explosives, calling it a dangerous escalation.
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