ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - An explosion struck the Kurdish neighborhood of Ashrafieh in Aleppo city on Monday, amid escalating tensions between Kurdish forces and Damascus-affiliated groups in the northern part of the country, sources told Rudaw.
The explosion went off in an area separating Kurdish forces from state-affiliated ones. No casualties have been reported so far.
Circumstances surrounding the blast have remained unknown, but it comes amid heightening tensions between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), whose Asayish forces are in control of Ashrafieh, and armed groups affiliated with the interim government in Damascus in several northern frontlines.
The SDF-held Deir Hafer district in Aleppo province has witnessed several skirmishes between the two sides in recent days, as the full implementation of a March agreement between the SDF and the transitional authorities has faced setbacks. The deal includes a nationwide ceasefire.
Both sides have traded blames for the recent unrest.
Pro-SDF media also reported on the Ashrafieh explosion but stopped short of assigning blame. Ronahi TV reported that the explosion caused damage to a nearby hospital.
Pro-government Syria TV reported that remnants of war stored in a tunnel were detonated.
An explosion occurred in the Ashrafieh neighborhood of Aleppo, in an area separating Kurdish forces from government troops. pic.twitter.com/tCOzb7bU12
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