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Syria’s defense minister announced a ceasefire Tuesday after overnight clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters in Aleppo neighborhoods left civilians dead and wounded.

The violence erupted amid growing tensions between Damascus and Kurdish authorities over the integration of Kurdish forces into Syria’s new national army.

Both sides blamed each other for the escalation, with residents fleeing as mortar shells and gunfire shook homes in Aleppo.

ALEPPO, Syria — Syria’s minister of defense announced a ceasefire Tuesday after overnight clashes between security forces and Kurdish fighters in neighborhoods of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.

Murhaf Abu Qasra said in

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