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Syria Asserts Full Control of Aleppo After SDF Evacuation

A collapsed 2025 plan to integrate Kurdish institutions into the transitional state set off the confrontation.

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Überdachter Checkpoint
Nach tagelangen Gefechten mit kurdischen Kämpfern haben syrische Regierungstruppen die gesamte Großstadt Aleppo unter ihre Kontrolle gebracht. Das Innenministerium meldete die Evakuierung hunderter kurdischer Kämpfer.

Overview

  • The Interior Ministry said 419 Kurdish fighters, including 59 wounded, were evacuated from Sheikh Maqsoud to northeast Syria, with AFP journalists observing escorted buses.
  • The SDF announced a ceasefire that enabled the withdrawal and confirmed the evacuation after initially denying it.
  • Authorities reported roughly 300 Kurds were arrested during the operations in the city.
  • Aleppo’s governor said about 155,000 residents fled the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh districts during the fighting.
  • Casualty figures are disputed, with officials citing 24 dead and 129 injured, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports 45 civilians and 60 fighters killed.