Overview
- Operational command designated Sheikh-Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah as closed military zones and set a 3 p.m. local curfew, urging residents to avoid SDF positions.
- Syria’s civil aviation authority suspended Aleppo International Airport for 24 hours and redirected flights to Damascus.
- Civil defense said roughly 850 civilians were moved out of affected areas, with a humanitarian corridor operating near the Liramoun junction.
- Reports from SANA and the SDF cite four deaths and 26 injuries since Tuesday, after a brief truce late Tuesday gave way to fresh exchanges on Wednesday.
- A government source told Al‑Jazeera the army is preparing a limited operation, while the SDF accuses government forces of blockading Kurdish neighborhoods with tanks and dozens of armored vehicles.