Syria's defence ministry and Kurdish-led SDF trade blame over attack in northern Syria

The defence ministry accused the SDF of carrying out a rocket barrage on one of the army's outposts in the city's countryside, injuring four troops and three civilians, according to the state news agency SANA. The U.S.-backed SDF said in a statement they were responding to "an unprovoked artillery assault targeting civilian-populated areas with more than ten shells" from factions operating within Syrian government ranks. In March, the SDF signed a deal with the Damascus Islamist-led government to join Syria's state institutions.