https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/hasan-biro/rss en Religious & Ethnic Groups Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Hasan Biro https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/04/22/in-qamishli-tensions-rise-between-pkk-and-syrian-army https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/04/22/in-qamishli-tensions-rise-between-pkk-and-syrian-army RAS AL-AYN, HASAKAH PROVINCE – Rebels and fighters aligned with the Turkish Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have clashed with Syrian army posts in Qamishli over the past few weeks, signaling the beginning of the battle for one of the final strongholds of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in the northeast.