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Kurdish fighters under attack by radical Syrian regime

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Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday that they clashed with government forces in Dayr Hafir in Aleppo province.

The SDF was the main fighting force allied to the United States in Syria during fighting that defeated Islamic State in 2019 © Mena Today 

The SDF was the main fighting force allied to the United States in Syria during fighting that defeated Islamic State in 2019 © Mena Today 

Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday that they clashed with government forces in Dayr Hafir in Aleppo province.

SDF said that the government forces carried out attacks against four of their posts in the area.

The SDF was the main fighting force allied to the United States in Syria during fighting that defeated Islamic State in 2019 after the group declared a caliphate across swathes of Syria and Iraq.

Reporting by Tala Ramadan and Nayera Abdallah

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