(MENAFN) Turkey-backed rebel groups attacked Syrian government forces in northern Syria on Sunday, the second such confrontation in the region this month.
The clash late on Sunday took place in an area where the sides are waging separate campaigns against Islamic State. Russia, which backs the Syrian government, intervened to halt the previous clash.
The latest incident occurred near the city of al-Bab, which the Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels captured last week from Islamic State.
Syrian government forces on Sunday announced the capture of the town of Tadef, four kilometres to the south.
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