Regime fighters exchanged fire with Kurdish forces on Wednesday in northeastern Syria in a rare clash between the two sides, which usually collaborate in the fight against jihadists, AFP reports.
The Syrian Kurdish internal security service, known as the Asayish, said tensions erupted late Tuesday when a drunk regime fighter began shooting at Kurdish traffic police in the city of Qamishli.
He was arrested along with nine other pro-regime fighters, it said.
But when the National Defence Forces, a pro-regime militia, arrested two Asayish members early Wednesday, "a clash took place between the two sides," it said.
One member of the Asayish was wounded and the Kurdish forces arrested 11 members of regime militias, the statement said.