Syrians in Kurdish areas of Aleppo pick up pieces after clashes

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The battles successful Aleppo betwixt Syrian forces, who person reasserted control, and the SDF killed galore and displaced astir 155,000 people.

Syrians successful  Kurdish country  of Aleppo prime   up   pieces aft  clashes

People locomotion past destroyed vehicles pursuing a ceasefire which ended respective days of warring betwixt Syrian forces and SDF. [Bakr Alkasem/AFP]

Published On 12 Jan 2026

Residents of a Kurdish neighbourhood successful Syria’s second-largest city, Aleppo, person passed done authorities checkpoints to find blackened walls, burned-out vehicles and debris-strewn streets.

They returned location connected Sunday aft days of deadly clashes.

The fighting, which erupted successful Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods connected Tuesday aft the authorities and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the main Kurdish-led unit successful the country, failed to marque advancement connected plans to integrate the SDF into the nationalist army, killed dozens of radical and displaced immoderate 155,000, according to Syrian authorities.

The battles were the astir aggravated since the autumn of then-President Bashar al-Assad successful December 2024.

By Sunday, the authorities had taken afloat power of the 2 areas, having agreed to transportation SDF fighters from the districts to Kurdish autonomous regions successful the country’s northeast.

The United Nations said it was trying to nonstop much convoys to the neighbourhoods with food, fuel, blankets and different urgently needed supplies.

Syrians successful  Kurdish country  of Aleppo prime   up   pieces aft  clashes

People instrumentality location successful the Ashrafieh neighbourhood, successful the bluish metropolis of Aleppo. [Omar Haj Kadour/AFP]

Syrians successful  Kurdish country  of Aleppo prime   up   pieces aft  clashes

An equipped information serviceman stands extracurricular the Khaled Fajr Hospital successful the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood. [Bakr Alkasem/AFP]

Syrians successful  Kurdish country  of Aleppo prime   up   pieces aft  clashes

The battles were the astir aggravated since the autumn of then-President Bashar al-Assad successful December 2024. [Ahmad Fallaha/EPA]

Syrians successful  Kurdish country  of Aleppo prime   up   pieces aft  clashes

The United Nations said it was trying to nonstop much convoys to the neighbourhoods with food, fuel, blankets and different urgently needed supplies. [Bakr Alkasem/AFP]

Syrians successful  Kurdish country  of Aleppo prime   up   pieces aft  clashes

The clashes erupted aft negotiations to integrate the SDF into the nationalist service stalled. [Bakr Alkasem/AFP]

Syrians successful  Kurdish country  of Aleppo prime   up   pieces aft  clashes

A Syrian information serviceman stands adjacent to munitions strewn connected the crushed pursuing the ceasefire, successful Sheikh Maqsoud. [Bakr Alkasem/AFP]

Syrians successful  Kurdish country  of Aleppo prime   up   pieces aft  clashes

A Syrian information serviceman inspects a conveyance destroyed successful a retention installation successful Sheikh Maqsoud. [Bakr Alkasem/AFP]

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