RAQQA, Syria — A day after a sweeping deal was announced between the Syrian government and the country’s main Kurdish-led force, the agreement appeared to be falling apart Monday.

After new outbreaks of clashes on Monday, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces issued a statement calling for “all of our youth” to “join the ranks of the resistance.”

“Just as our comrades in 2014 forged a historic resistance in Kobani and turned it into a graveyard for [the Islamic State group]… today we affirm with the same resolve that we will turn our cities… into a graveyard for the new [ISIS]-minded people who are directed by Turkey,” it said.

Earlier in the day, Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters clashed around two prisons housing members of the Islamic State group in Syria’s northeast. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said several of its fighters have been killed and over a dozen others wounded.

The clashes came as SDF chief commander Mazloum Abdi was said to be in Damascus to discuss a ceasefire deal reached Sunday that ended days of deadly fighting during which government forces captured wide areas of northeast Syria from the SDF.

Those negotiations eventually collapsed, a Kurdish official told AFP on Tuesday.

“The negotiations held yesterday in Damascus between General Mazloum and Mr Al‑Sharaa have collapsed entirely,” the official said, blaming the central government for the breakdown.

“A firm and decisive stance from the international community is urgently required,” he added.

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