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A senior figure of the YPG/SDF terrorist group Ilham Ahmed said Tuesday the organization is in contact with Israel and open to support from "any source" amid escalating tensions with Damascus despite a recent integration deal.
"There are certain figures from the side of the Israeli state engaged in communications with our side... and if this conversation leads to support, we would be open to support... from any source," Ilham Ahmed told reporters in an online event.
Ahmed also claimed the recent agreement between the Syrian government and the SDF had "no validity" as tensions spike.
"Since there is no ceasefire for the time being, since Damascus continues to attack our regions, and since they refuse to engage in dialogue, the agreement has no validity at the moment," she said.
The Syrian Army entered the town of Sarrin on the Ayn al-Arab front after intense clashes, while heavy fighting continues with YPG/SDF terrorist group elements in southern Hasakah province.
Both sides are using heavy weapons in ongoing clashes in southern Hasakah, according to state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) correspondents in the region.
Army forces entered the strategically important Hol oil field and are attempting to establish control over the area. As the Syrian Army advances toward the Al-Hol camp, where Daesh terrorist group members' families, mostly women and children, are held, it has also taken control of the area containing wheat silos.
Army units recently secured control of the Habur Dam in southern Hasakah.
On the Ayn al-Arab front, military activity continues near the Karakozak Bridge, which provides access to the region from Manbij across the Euphrates River.
Terrorists firing from elevated positions at the bridge are preventing the army from crossing. Following fierce clashes in Sarrin, located around 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) southeast of the bridge and 35 kilometers south of Ayn al-Arab district center, army units entered the town.
As fierce clashes continue in Sarrin, the army is attempting to establish control.
Talks lasting five hours ended without results Monday between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Ferhat Abdi Sahin, head of the YPG terror group operating under the SDF umbrella, according to Syrian government sources.
"The SDF side did not show the necessary flexibility in the meeting. New meetings will be held in the coming period," a government source told AA.
The discussions primarily focused on the status of Hasakah province in northeastern Syria near the Iraqi border, according to Al Jazeera.
Sahin insisted Hasakah remain under the terror group's control, while al-Sharaa conditioned it on the entry of internal security forces and takeover of state institutions. When Sahin persisted in demanding full organizational control of the city, al-Sharaa responded that operations would continue in that case.
Al-Sharaa rejected Sahin's request for an additional five days for consultations and demanded a final response by Monday midnight.
Al-Sharaa announced a ceasefire and integration agreement with the SDF late Sunday to integrate its members into state institutions.
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