Syrian army says stopping Aleppo operations, but Kurds deny fighting over

The Syrian army said on Saturday that it was halting military operations in an Aleppo neighbourhood following days of clashes, but Kurdish forces there maintained they were still under attack, with an AFP correspondent nearby reporting sporadic gunfire.The violence in Syria's second city erupted after efforts to integrate the Kurds' de facto autonomous administration and military into the country's new government stalled.