“Activists say Kurdish militias and Al Qaida-linked rebel factions are engaged in fierce clashes in northeastern Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the fighting Tuesday between Kurdish gunmen and rebels from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is taking place in three villages near the town of Ras Al Ayn in Hassakeh province.”
Source: Syrian Kurds battle Al Qaida-linked rebels | GulfNews.com