Khaberni - On Sunday, residents began returning to a disputed district in the city of Aleppo, located in northern Syria, after days of bloody clashes between government forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) led by the Kurds.
Emergency teams started entering the area to assist residents, remove debris, and demine.
Clashes erupted last Tuesday in the Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafiyeh, and Bani Zaid neighborhoods, which have Kurdish majorities, after the government and the "SDF" failed to make progress on how to integrate these forces into the national army.
Since then, security forces have taken control of the Ashrafiyeh and Bani Zaid districts.
The city of Aleppo witnessed the fiercest clashes between government forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces since the fall of the former president Bashar Al-Assad, at the hands of armed factions in December 2024, according to field sources. 2024.
The confrontations, which lasted 5 days, resulted in at least 23 deaths, alongside the displacement of more than 140 thousand civilians due to bombing and drone strikes, with a reported increase of approximately 15% in the number of displaced persons during the last 48 hours.
In a notable field development, Kurdish fighters withdrew from the Sheikh Maqsoud district towards northeastern Syria, under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces. However, the Kurdish forces announced, in a statement, their intention to continue fighting after evacuating the wounded and civilians, describing the current situation as a "partial ceasefire".
Sheikh Maqsoud seemed calm on Sunday, where government security forces escorted journalists on a tour inside the area that suffered extensive damage, including the damaged "Khaled Fajr" hospital, in addition to a military site belonging to the "SDF" which the authorities claimed was "a target of strikes by government forces".
