Six alliance fighters killed in Syria clashes

Rare clashes broke out yesterday between Syrian regime forces and a Us-backed alliance in the east of the country, killing six alliance fighters, a human rights monitor said.

The army seized control of four villages from the Us-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Deir Ezzor province, where the Kurdish-led alliance has been fighting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).

The SDF and Russian-backed Syrian forces are conducting parallel but separate offensives, but both sides usually avoid running into each other.