Ten soldiers of the Syrian army were killed in severe clashes with People's Defense Forces (YPG) groups in the mainly Kurdish neighborhood of Sheikh Maksoud on Thursday.

According to a written statement by YPG Press Office, clashes in the neighborhood broke out as the armed forces of the Baath regime launched an attack from the points of Al Jazeera and Al Ewarid in order to enter the neighborhood.

Sixteen soldiers had been killed in clashes between YPG figters and Syrian military in the same region on 16 May.