Syria: Popular Protection Units (YPG) kurdish fighters killed 3 soldiers and 5 pro-regime militiamen in Aleppo
Eight regime soldiers and fighters were killed in clashes with the Kurdish Popular Protection Units in Aleppo last Friday, a rights group reported.
The YPG, which is affiliated to the Democratic Union (PYD) killed three regular Syrian soldiers and five members of the pro-regime militia, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
“In the Kurdish district of Eshrefiye in Aleppo, the popular protection units (YPG) and the Syrian Army have been caught up in heavy fighting since late morning,” said a statement by the PYD, which itself is affiliated to the militant Kurdistan Workers Party.