US EditionCeasefire Between Government, SDF in Aleppo Breaks Down
Kurdish forces refused to withdraw from key Aleppo districts, ending a six-hour ceasefire and causing over 140,000 residents to flee, officials said.
- On January 8, 2026, Syria's defence ministry declared a ceasefire in three Aleppo neighbourhoods to halt fresh fighting between government troops and Kurdish fighters.
- After years of semi-autonomy, the government says reintegration is urgent because stability cannot be achieved with weapons outside state authority; last year’s deal with the SDF envisaged full integration by 2025 but progress remains limited.
- Starting at 03:00 a.m., the evacuation order gave armed groups a six-hour window to leave, expiring at 09:00 a.m. on Friday, while the defence ministry released more than seven target maps and imposed a curfew as Syrian Civil Defence scrambled to extinguish fires.
- Residents were displaced and casualties reported as fighting since Tuesday has displaced more than 140,000 people and left at least seven civilians dead, while two unnamed Syrian government officials said negotiations were underway and the United States urged an end to clashes.
- Regional leaders voiced deep concern as Turkey warned the SDF of military action if it defies integration, while Masrour Barzani and Mazloum Abdi warned of ethnic cleansing and massacres, and the United States and Tom Barrack offered mediation after talks Sunday.
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The Syrian army claims to have regained control of the city of Aleppo in the north of the country.
After the clashes between the government forces and Kurdish militias and the subsequent ceasefire, in Aleppo it is a new humanitarian crisis. Governor Azzam al-Gharib said that the violence of the last hours caused the displacement of about 155 thousand people from the districts of Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh, heading towards other areas of the city of the Syrian northeast and in the surrounding countryside. The army reported that it had suspen…
Plumes of smoke in Aleppo as truce fails; Syrian Army and SDF clash
Plumes of smoke and gunfire were reported in Aleppo after fresh clashes broke out between the Syrian army and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The violence followed the collapse of a temporary ceasefire meant to halt days of deadly fighting. At least nine civilians have been killed.
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