2026-07-19T21:44:52+00:00
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Shafaq News- Damascus
Clashes between Syria’s security authorities and
the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have killed 530 people,
including 76 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on
Sunday.
The Britain-based monitor documented eight
additional fatalities, including five SDF fighters in northeastern Syria and
three members of the Kurdish Internal Security Forces (Asayish).
The violence began earlier this year in Aleppo’s
Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods before spreading to other areas,
including Raqqa, Tabqa, Deir ez-Zor and Hasakah.
#المرصد_السوريعقب توثيق مـ ـقـ ـتـ ـل 8 عسكريين.. ارتفاع حصيلة قـ ـتـ ـلـ ـى التصعيد بين “#قسد” و #الحكومة_الانتقالية إلى 530https://t.co/rG2xgDIjHP
— المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان (@syriahr) July 19, 2026
In Aleppo, the death toll reached 133, including 48
civilians, among them 16 women and 14 children. The casualties also included 38
members of Syria’s Defense Ministry forces, 46 Asayish personnel, and one
fighter from the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ).
Across northeastern Syria, the monitor documented
397 deaths, including 110 members of government forces, 259 SDF and Asayish
personnel, and 28 civilians who died in artillery and air strikes or in
reported field executions.
More than 200 people remain missing, with their
whereabouts still unknown, the observatory noted.
Earlier this year, the Syrian government and the
SDF reached a ceasefire deal, which includes a gradual integration of military
and administrative structures between the two sides. The deal also provides for
the integration of Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES)
institutions into Syrian state institutions, the retention of civil employees,
the settlement of civil and educational rights for the Kurdish community, and
guarantees for the return of displaced residents to their hometown.