Death toll from SDF attack in Syria's Aleppo rises to 5
Nine were also injured in the attack targeting residential neighbourhoods, according to the Aleppo Health Directorate.
The number of deaths from an attack carried out by the SDF in northern Aleppo on Monday has risen to five, according to local authorities.
An official from Aleppo Health Directorate’s Media Office told the state-run Alikhbaria TV that nine people were also injured in the attack that targeted residential neighbourhoods in the city.
SDF terrorists late on Monday targeted a checkpoint between the Shayhan and al-Layramoun roundabouts, as well as the al-Razi Hospital, with machine-gun fire and mortar shells.
The Syrian Defence Ministry said several members of the group were neutralised after the attack.
The SDF is dominated by the terrorist group YPG, the Syrian branch of the terrorist PKK.
On March 10, the Syrian presidency announced the signing of an agreement for the SDF’s integration into state institutions, reaffirming the country's territorial unity and rejecting any attempts at division.
Syrian authorities say that in the months since, the SDF has not shown any efforts to meet the terms of the agreement.
The Syrian government has been intensifying security efforts since the fall of the Bashar al Assad regime last December, after 24 years in power.