US EditionSyrian security forces enter Aleppo neighborhood after clashes with Kurdish fighters
- Early on Saturday , Syrian security forces began deploying in Aleppo's Sheikh Maksoud after days of intense clashes that killed and wounded dozens; the Syrian army said it had finished combing the district though some Kurdish fighters remained in hiding.
- Fighting erupted on Tuesday after stalled merger talks, with a ceasefire withdrawal deadline at 9 a.m. on Friday ignored by the Syrian Democratic Forces.
- Reuters reporters saw more than 100 men exit the neighbourhood, while officials said some detainees were loaded onto six buses.
- The operation risks ending Kurdish pockets in Aleppo, with more than 140,000 people displaced by fighting focused on Sheikh Maksoud, held since 2011.
- The U.N. voiced alarm at fighting resumption and called on all sides to respect law and protect civilians, as U.S. envoy Tom Barrack traveled to Damascus after meetings in Amman.
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In Aleppo there are the most difficult fights since the end of the Syrian civil war. For days there are always heavy battles. According to reports, the last Kurdish fighters are leaving the city.
The Syrian army claims to have regained control of the city of Aleppo in the north of the country.
After day-long battles with Kurdish fighters in the city of Aleppo, the Syrian army, according to its own statements, ended its operation in the last Kurdish stronghold of the city. Kurdish fighters were taken away by buses from Sheikh Maksud, the state news agency Sana reported on Saturday. Kurdish fighters denied that there were civilians in the buses. Forces of the transitional Islamist government in Damascus and Kurdish fighters fought since…
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Noticias ao MinutoThe Syrian authorities transfer fighters into Sheikh Maqsoud’s village village in Aleppo to the southern and eastern autonomous area, after having taken control of the village.
Syrian forces deploy to Aleppo after cease-fire fails to end clashes with Kurdish fighters
Clashes broke out earlier this week in predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods after the government and the Syrian Democratic Forces, the main Kurdish-led force, failed to make progress on how to merge troops into the national army. The fighting has displaced more than 140,000 and killed at least 22 people
The Syrian army said that it had closed its operation against Aleppo's last Kurdish bastion, a statement denied by Kurdish forces.
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