The SDF has lifted a blockade it imposed last week on Syrian-regime held ‘security squares’ in Qamishli and Hasakah after fighting broke out in Deir al-Zour
![The Syrian regime controls a 'security square' in Qamishli [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_330x185/public/2024-08/GettyImages-1230890936.jpg?h=e7c891e8&itok=7qH_8Pq5)
![raqqa [getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/11CAC532-B3D2-4436-AD47-DCD36E01C8A8.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=JvvjNIyr "raqqa [getty]")
![Clashes in Qamishli [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/DC976297-7472-42B1-A892-FFFA57BD3047.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=mW7IeQ-8 "Clashes in Qamishli [AFP]")
