The Syrian army and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reportedly called a truce in two areas of Aleppo city after a member of the Syrian security forces was killed in an SDF attack on a checkpoint in the city, according to news media.

The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Tuesday that three members of Syria’s Internal Security Forces and several civilians were also injured in the SDF attacks on checkpoints located in the Sheikh Maqsoud and Al-Ashrafieh neighbourhoods in the northern city of Aleppo.

Fighters fired mortar shells and heavy machine guns in the clashes while SDF snipers had taken up positions on rooftops in the neighbourhoods, SANA reported, citing a local security source.

SANA said the clashes erupted after the Syrian Defence Ministry sa

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