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The ceasefire follows deadly clashes causing at least three deaths amid stalled talks to integrate Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces into the government by year-end, officials said.
- On Monday, the Syrian government and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ordered their fighters to cease fire after clashes in Aleppo killed at least three people.
- Under the March 10 agreement, clashes occurred ahead of a deadline to integrate the SDF into the Syrian administration, with Fidan telling a press conference that 'it is important that the SDF be integrated into the Syrian administration through dialogue and reconciliation, in a transparent manner, and that it no longer acts as an obstacle to Syria's territorial integrity and long-term stability.'
- The SDF said a woman was killed and 17 civilians wounded by rocket and tank fire in Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafieh neighbourhoods, while state news agency SANA reported two civilians killed and eight wounded and Syria's interior ministry accused Kurdish forces of attacking joint checkpoints.
- Turkish ministers Hakan Fidan, Yasar Guler and Ibrahim Kalin held talks in Damascus with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, while Asaad al-Shaibani said discussions focused on combating terrorism and preventing Islamic State resurgence.
- Last week Damascus proposed splitting Kurdish-led forces into three divisions and brigades including a women's brigade, deploying them under SDF commanders despite Turkey's security concerns.
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The timing of the deadly clashes that took place on Monday, December 22nd in the evening in the neighborhoods of Sheikh-Maqsoud and D'Achrafieh in Aleppo, held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF, the dominant...
Battles in Aleppo reveal the blockade in the reconciliation process. Neither the government nor the Kurds give in.
Kurdish militias must join the new government forces by the end of the year, but this does not seem feasible at the moment.
Aleppo Fighting Halted as Syrian Government, SDF Agree to Deescalate
Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have agreed to halt fighting after deadly clashes erupted in two Kurdish-majority quarters of Aleppo, the country’s second-largest city. Syria’s Defense Ministry said on Dec. 22 that government forces had been ordered to “halt targeting sources of fire” linked to the SDF in Aleppo, according to state news agency SANA. The SDF later said it had issued instructions to stop…
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