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| The Latest: Syrian government forces clash with Kurds | |
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| BEIRUT — The Latest on Syria’s civil war (all times local): | BEIRUT — The Latest on Syria’s civil war (all times local): |
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| Activists say Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters are clashing for a third day in the northeastern city of Qamishli, with at least seven people killed. | |
| Lezkin Ibrahim, a Kurdish media activist in Qamishli, says the fighting Friday was concentrated in the city center, forcing residents to stay indoors and shops to close. | |
| He says Hawar news, the outlet where he works, has recorded 10 civilians and six Kurdish fighters killed. He says the wounded are being taken to neighboring towns for treatment because local hospitals are blocked by the fighting. | |
| The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the conflict through activists on the ground, says the clashes killed seven, including a child and a woman. | |
| Kurdish forces, who have carved out a zone of semi-autonomy in northern Syria, seized the Alaya prison in Qamishli on Thursday after government forces inside it surrendered. | |
| Ibrahim says the fighting started after government forces attacked a Kurdish security patrol, killing two of its members on Tuesday. He says government artillery have shelled the city for the first time, and that government helicopters flew over the city on Friday. | |
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| 4 p.m. | 4 p.m. |
| Syrian President Bashar Assad’s envoy to peace talks in Geneva is defending his government’s record on humanitarian aid. | Syrian President Bashar Assad’s envoy to peace talks in Geneva is defending his government’s record on humanitarian aid. |
| The opposition has repeatedly accused Damascus of deliberately blocking shipments, and the U.N. has made several appeals for it to do more to help. | The opposition has repeatedly accused Damascus of deliberately blocking shipments, and the U.N. has made several appeals for it to do more to help. |
| Government envoy Bashar Ja’afari on Friday lashed out at the opposition for shedding “crocodile tears” about alleged humanitarian aid lapses. | Government envoy Bashar Ja’afari on Friday lashed out at the opposition for shedding “crocodile tears” about alleged humanitarian aid lapses. |
| Ja’afari spoke to reporters at U.N. offices in Geneva where indirect peace talks and other meetings on Syria’s crisis have been held in recent months. He says his delegation will meet with U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura again on Monday. | Ja’afari spoke to reporters at U.N. offices in Geneva where indirect peace talks and other meetings on Syria’s crisis have been held in recent months. He says his delegation will meet with U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura again on Monday. |
| The opposition High Negotiations Committee has pulled back from the peace talks, accusing the government of hundreds of violations of a cease-fire brokered by the U.S. and Russia, illegally detaining thousands of Syrians and blocking humanitarian aid. | The opposition High Negotiations Committee has pulled back from the peace talks, accusing the government of hundreds of violations of a cease-fire brokered by the U.S. and Russia, illegally detaining thousands of Syrians and blocking humanitarian aid. |
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| 1:35 p.m. | 1:35 p.m. |
| Anti-government activists say airstrikes in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo have killed at least seven people in rebel-held areas. | Anti-government activists say airstrikes in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo have killed at least seven people in rebel-held areas. |
| The airstrikes Friday reportedly occurred in a southwestern suburb of the divided city. | The airstrikes Friday reportedly occurred in a southwestern suburb of the divided city. |
| Aleppo has seen sporadic clashes since the February 27 cease-fire, as government troops advanced, boxing in rebel-held areas from all sides except for a corridor from the northwestern edge of the city. | Aleppo has seen sporadic clashes since the February 27 cease-fire, as government troops advanced, boxing in rebel-held areas from all sides except for a corridor from the northwestern edge of the city. |
| The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 10 people were killed in the airstrikes in Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood and other parts of the city. | The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 10 people were killed in the airstrikes in Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood and other parts of the city. |
| Two activist-operated media outlets, the Syrian Revolution Network and Azaz Media center, say at least seven people were killed. The discrepancy couldn’t immediately be reconciled but divergent death tolls are common soon after attacks. | Two activist-operated media outlets, the Syrian Revolution Network and Azaz Media center, say at least seven people were killed. The discrepancy couldn’t immediately be reconciled but divergent death tolls are common soon after attacks. |
| Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |