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Syrian President Ahmad Ashara on Sunday announced a ceasefire between government troops and Kurdish forces, but the fighting has continued in Kurdish-held areas.
The SDF says at least nine of its fighters were killed in fighting around the prison.
has warned that fighting between the two groups threatens efforts to fight ISIS.
A witness near the prison told NPR that American soldiers were on the ground helping to secure it.
military has not confirmed the report.
The two sides are observing a ceasefire Friday to allow civilians trapped in the city's largely Kurdish neighborhoods to evacuate, according to the Syrian government.
After that, the provincial government says it will resume fighting Syrian Kurdish forces still in the area.
Kurdish-led Syrian forces broke away from Syrian rule in 2012 to form an autonomous state in the country's northeast.
The U.S., which fought ISIS alongside those forces, has been pressing them to integrate and join the Syrian army.
Those talks have stalled, with Kurdish leaders saying they're threatened by Turkish-backed militias, which are now part of Syria's official defense forces.
For NPR News, I'm Jaina Raff in Amman.
The two sides are observing a ceasefire Friday to allow civilians trapped in the city's largely Kurdish neighborhoods to evacuate, according to the Syrian government.
After that, the provincial government says it will resume fighting Syrian Kurdish forces still in the area.
Kurdish-led Syrian forces broke away from Syrian rule in 2012 to form an autonomous state in the country's northeast.
The U.S., which fought ISIS alongside those forces, has been pressing them to integrate and join the Syrian army.
Those talks have stalled, with Kurdish leaders saying they're threatened by Turkish-backed militias, which are now part of Syria's official defense forces.
For NPR News, I'm Jaina Raff in Amman.