DAMASCUS: Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed a ceasefire in Aleppo, state media reported Tuesday, after tensions between the two sides escalated into bombardments on the northern city. At least one member of Syria&#39;s domestic security forces and a civilian were killed Monday in bombardments on Aleppo attributed to Kurdish forces, Syrian state television reported. Tensions heightened&nbsp;Tensions have heightened between Damascus and the semi-autonomous Kurdish administration in north and northeast Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based watchdog, separately said Syrian government forces used drones in two Aleppo neighborhoods with Kurdish majority residents, Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh. It said communications in those districts had been cut, and they were surrounded by Syrian army reinforcements. Since the toppling of former leader Bashar al-Assad in December, Aleppo has been ruled by Syria&#39;s new authorities. Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh, however, remain under the control of Kurdish units linked to the SDF, the de facto army of the Kurdish administration. According to the Syrian News Channel, citing a security official, &quot;a member of the domestic security forces was killed and three others wounded in an SDF attack near the Sheikh Maqsoud district in Aleppo.&quot; It also reported that a civilian was killed in a Kurdish bombardment. It said &quot;dozens of families&quot; had fled Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh because of heavy machine-gun and mortar barrages by the SDF in that area. &lsquo;Stay indoors&rsquo;&nbsp;Aleppo&#39;s governor, Azzam al-Gharib, called on residents to stay indoors and as far away as possible from &quot;the zones with clashes&quot;. State news agency SANA said several wounded civilians had been taken to the hospital. It was later reported that the two sides had reached a ceasefire agreement in both neighborhoods, but no further details were provided. The SDF denied attacking government security forces and accused pro-Damascus factions of mounting a siege of Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo, and trying to push forward &quot;with tanks&quot;. It said that residents had taken up weapons to help the Asayish, the Kurds&#39; domestic security forces, to defend the districts.

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Syrian government forces and Kurdish-led SDF reached a ceasefire in Aleppo after deadly clashes. Bombardments killed at least two people, displaced families, and escalated tensions in Kurdish-majority neighborhoods Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh.

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Ceasefire reached in Syria's Aleppo after deadly flare-up: state media