ISTANBUL

A 13-year-old boy was killed Wednesday when a landmine planted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) exploded in northern Syria, local media said.

The explosion occurred in the town of Mushrifat Tal Eltiten in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.

On March 10, the Syrian presidency announced an agreement to integrate the SDF into state institutions, stressing the country’s territorial integrity and rejecting any separatist designs. The group, however, has violated the agreement more than once.

The SDF is dominated by the terrorist group YPG, the Syrian branch of the terrorist PKK.