Pro-Assad regime forces, PYD/PKK clash in Syria

By Dildar Baykan and Mohamad Misto

ANKARA (AA) - Forces loyal to Bashar-al Assad's regime clashed with PYD/PKK terrorists in Syria’s Deir az-Zor region on Sunday.

According to information gathered by Anadolu Agency’s correspondents from local sources, the pro-Assad regime forces initially took control of the Al-Hisan and Shaqrah villages after clashes in the morning.

Later, the PYD/PKK terrorists sent reinforcements from its camps located in the region.

With the air support of the U.S. warplanes and Apache helicopters, the PYD/PKK retook the villages, the sources said.

In the clashes, at least 20 pro-regime forces and five PYD/PKK terrorists were killed.