TUNIS, January 8. /TASS/. At least five civilians were killed and 31 wounded in the Syrian city of Aleppo as a result of fire by the Kurdish coalition Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Al-Ikhbariya television reported citing doctors.

The interior ministry in Syria’s transitional government said the attack left at least three security officers wounded.

According to the report, SDF units attacked a group of servicemen who escorted civilians evacuating from the Kurdish districts of Ashrafiya and Sheikh Maqsoud in the northern part of Aleppo city.

Al-Ikhbariya said Syria’s civil defense authorities have evacuated over 3,000 civilians from the violence-hit areas of Aleppo.

On January 6, the SDF attacked government forces' positions in Aleppo using drones, resulting in one soldier killed and several others wounded. The Syrian army, in response to the ceasefire violation, destroyed an ammunition depot of Kurdish formations in the Sheikh Maqsud area. An intense exchange of fire followed.