US EditionPhotos Show Syrians Returning Home Following Clashes Between Government Forces and Kurdish Fighters
The Syrian army retook Sheikh Maqsoud after clashes with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, prompting SDF withdrawal east of the Euphrates and the return of displaced residents.
- On 13 January 2026, the Syrian army declared Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood, Aleppo, northern Syria fully secured, and displaced residents began returning to their homes.
- Stalled talks over integration prompted intensified clashes as stalled talks over Kurdish-led institutions and Syrian Democratic Forces fighters integration into the Syrian state drove recent violence west of the Euphrates River.
- Medical infrastructure was hit repeatedly, with Ousman Hospital struck four times and residents said SDF fighters blocked exits amid the two bloodiest days in Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh.
- Emergency teams distributed food and water while engineering units cleared mines and temporary medical centres opened to treat trapped patients; maintenance teams began repairing electricity and water networks amid concerns of clashes near Deir Hafer.
- SDF commander Mazloum Abdi ordered withdrawals on January 16, following heightened US military activity near Deir Hafer, while Damascus accused the SDF of PKK ties, which the SDF denied as disinformation.
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Photos show Syrians returning home following clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters
Displaced Syrians returned to the city of Aleppo after clashes between government forces and the U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces earlier this...
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces withdraw from Aleppo province after clashes with Syrian government
Following intense fighting between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syrian government forces, SDF commander Mazloum Abdi ordered the withdrawal of his personnel from contested areas of Aleppo province. The post Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces withdraw from Aleppo province after clashes with Syrian government appeared first on FDD's Long War Journal.
Residents confront loss and uncertainty after Aleppo clashes
In the heart of the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood in Aleppo, northern Syria, 55-year-old Liza Hajoub stands in shock, surveying the scale of destruction left by days of intense shelling between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian army. If anything, the neighbourhood now resembles a newspaper image of a massive explosion, with homes partially or completely destroyed, windows shattered, and furniture scattered amid the lingering smell…
REPORTING - The Syrian army took control of the neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafié last Sunday, after five days of intense clashes with the SDF.
On Saturday, the United States Central Command urged Syrian government forces to cease hostilities between Aleppo and the class in northern Syria, where Syrian forces clashed with Kurdish fighters following a dispute over an agreement to withdraw Kurdish forces, according to the agency Reuters. The post United States urges Syrian forces to stop fighting between Aleppo and the class appeared first on Daily News Lb.
About 500,000 people live in the two main Kurdish neighborhoods of Aleppo. Many families are not natives, but were displaced from their villages during previous wars...
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