US EditionSyrian Army Declares a Closed Military Zone East of Aleppo as Tensions Rise with Kurds
The Syrian army imposed a closed military zone in eastern Aleppo amid stalled SDF integration talks, with 45 civilians and 60 fighters reported killed in recent clashes, monitors said.
- Hundreds of displaced residents returned to Aleppo's Achrafieh neighborhood in northern Syria after days of intense fighting between government forces and Kurdish fighters.
- The clashes, which killed at least 23 people and displaced tens of thousands, were over a deal to merge the Syrian Democratic Forces into the national army.
- Security forces stood guard as displaced families returned, shops reopened, and crews decommissioned explosives, despite complaints of electricity cuts.
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Both sides reject responsibility for the clashes. On Tuesday, the army demanded that the Syrian Democratic Forces, which control the east of the city, withdraw east of the Euphrates.
The army of the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces, led by the Kurds, clashed today in the vicinity of the city of Aleppo.
The Kurdish autonomous administration accuses the authorities of having "declared war".
Syrian army expels Kurds from Aleppo, fights Kurdish forces
People told to leave three areas as fears grow of wider conflict between government and Kurdish authoritiesThe Syrian army ordered civilians to evacuate neighbourhoods of Aleppo on Thursday after fighting with Kurdish forces entered its third day, deepening the rift between the Syrian government and the US-backed Kurdish authorities in Syria.The Syrian government urged people to leave the three contested neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafi…
In Aleppo, the Syrian government and Kurds fought the streets. A Kurdish teacher tells what happens.
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