Syria militants not observing agreement on cessation of hostilities: YPG
A Syrian Kurdish group says foreign-backed militants in Syria’s northern Aleppo Province have not been observing an agreement for cessation of hostilities in the country.
The Kurdish People’s Protection Units, also known as YPG, said on Friday that militants had “not abided by the ceasefire and halt to hostile operations,” which came into effect last Saturday.
The YPG said militants had launched “fierce attacks and random bombardment” against, among other areas, the Sheikh Maksoud district of the city of Aleppo.
“They did not abide by the announced truce and continued their attacks on the city of Afrin and nearby villages and all positions that are under the control of the People’s Protection Units (YPG),” it said.
The agreement stipulated the cessation of all military hostilities in Syria, except for the operations against the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group and the Syrian al-Qaeda, known as al-Nusra Front. The agreement was negotiated by Russia and the United States, which support opposing sides in the Syrian conflict.
While sporadic breaches had been reported since February 27, the United Nation’s Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday that the deal on the cessation of hostilities was largely holding.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose government has committed to the agreement, had earlier warned that the foreign-backed militants fighting his government “have breached the deal from the first day.”
The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said airstrikes struck the outskirts of Douma, a district northeast of the capital Damascus, on Friday.
The group said airplanes that carried out the strikes could not be identified, adding there were no casualties from the attacks. It also said the airstrikes were the first such raids since the agreement on the cessation of hostilities went into force.
On Thursday, the YPG said convoys entering Syria from Turkey and purporting to carry aid to the crisis-hit country may be carrying aid to the Syrian al-Qaeda branch.
The YPG also said al-Nusra terrorists have set up camps near the town of A'zaz on the border with Turkey and are being protected by Turkish military forces.
The Syrian Kurdish group said while al-Nusra has taken down some of its flags over the camps, several still remain fluttering.
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