(VOVworld) - Syrian government planes bombed Kurdish positions in the divided northeastern city of Hasakeh on Thursday. This is the first time the Syrian military has launched air strikes on a Kurdish-held area in Syria.

This is the first time the Syrian military has launched air strikes on a Kurdish-held area in Syria (Source: TTXVN/baotintuc.vn)

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), at least six Kurdish positions were hit, which came after heavy clashes between Kurdish fighters and pro-government militias on Wednesday, which killed eleven people including four civilians, four Kurdish fighters and three militiamen.