Syria's military said, Sunday, that a truce deal has been reached with the Kurds in the flashpoint city of Hasakeh, but a Kurdish source said it has yet to be finalized, according to Agence France Presse. The northeastern city has been rocked by deadly clashes between Kurdish forces and fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad since Wednesday.
A Syrian military source told AFP the deal was struck between regime forces and Kurdish fighters after two days of mediation by regime ally Russia. The source said the three-point agreement calls for a "halt to all hostilities and the return to regime forces of any positions seized by Kurdish fighters" since Wednesday. A Kurdish military source told AFP from Hasakeh that none of the three points had been agreed.