Turkish tanks and attack aircraft have clashed with Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria, just hours after hopes were raised about a new general ceasefire in the war-torn country.

Fighters aligned with the Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led alliance that is supported by the United States, engaged Turkish forces including tanks and Ankara-backed Syrian rebels south of the border town of Jarablus on Saturday afternoon.

Nour el-din el-Zinki, an Ankara-backed rebel group, said they captured a village and took two Kurdish prisoners during the clashes.