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A Kurdish-Majority Neighborhood in Syria Recovers From Clashes with Hope for the Future

On Saturday, Aaliya Jaafar said ninety percent of residents have returned to Sheikh Maqsoud, Kurdish-majority neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, after a brief displacement.
On Jan. 6, clashes started after the Syrian government and the SDF reached an impasse in talks on merging the SDF into the national army, with a ceasefire holding since then.
Before entering the contested Aleppo neighborhoods, the Syrian army opened corridors for civilians to flee, and some displaced families returned a few days after the fighting stopped.
Residents said the neighborhood's shops have reopened and traffic moves normally, but the checkpoint at the entrance is now manned by government forces, who treated residents well, easing fears.
Last month, interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa issued a decree strengthening Kurdish rights, while economic hardships persist after SDF-affiliated local authorities jobs and small businesses suffered.

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Following intense clashes in Aleppo's Kurdish-majority neighborhoods, most residents who fled have remarkably returned within a month. A ceasefire between Syrian government and Kurdish forces has held, yet economic challenges linger as local businesses and former SDF affiliates struggle to regain stability in a post-conflict economy.

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