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11-01-2026
DAMASCUS: The last Kurdish forces present in Aleppo, along with a number of civilians, were transported out on buses after a ceasefire was reached with the Syrian government, the Syrian state news agency reported, with confirmation from a Kurdish commander.
Fighting had raged in Syria’s largest city since Tuesday amid tensions over how to integrate the various militant groups into the new military structure.
At least 22 people were killed in the clashes and more than 140,000 were displaced.
Government forces have been deployed in the neighborhoods that had been under control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) for years during Syria’s civil war.
“Through international mediation to halt the attacks and violations against our people in Aleppo, we have reached an understanding leading to a ceasefire and the safe evacuation of martyrs, the wounded, trapped civilians, and fighters from the Achrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods to northern and eastern Syria,” SDF commander Mazloum Abdi said in a post on social media.
He went on to call for “mediators to uphold their promises to stop the violations and work towards the safe return of the displaced to their homes.”
Media reporters said they saw men, women and children being put onto buses by Syrian army forces to be taken to displacement camps.
Media also reported some 100 men, identified as Kurdish internal Asayesh security forces, being put on buses. The Asayesh later denied the men were fighters, saying instead they were civilians being forcibly displaced.
How has the US responded to the clashes in Aleppo?
The ceasefire comes after US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack met with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and other top officials in Damascus on Saturday.
He called on both sides in the conflict to end the fighting.
“Violence risks undermining the progress achieved since the fall of the Assad regime and invites external interference that serves no party’s interests,” Barrack said in comments posted on social media.
“We urge all parties to exercise maximum restraint, immediately cease hostilities, and return to dialogue,” he added.
The US envoy reiterated that Washington’s objective “remains a sovereign, unified Syria at peace with itself and its neighbors where equality, justice, and opportunity are extended to all its people.”
Fighting resumed in Aleppo on Saturday after Syria’s Defense Ministry announced a ceasefire for contested areas. Conflict between Syria’s government and Kurdish forces boiled over into deadly clashes in the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday.
At least 12 civilians have been killed, and several members of government forces and one Kurdish fighter have also died, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. More than 60 people have been wounded.
The violence has also triggered a significant displacement crisis. Aleppo’s Central Response Committee reports that 142,000 civilians have sought shelter as of Thursday. Schools are closed, and air traffic to and from the airport remains suspended.
According to Syria’s government in Damascus, the military operations are “solely aimed at preserving security, preventing any armed activity within residential areas.”
Damascus declared Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud and Achrafieh neighborhoods, two Kurdish-held districts in the city, as “closed military zones” after humanitarian corridors allowed civilians to leave the areas on Wednesday and Thursday until midday. However, according to estimates, around 100,000 people remain trapped. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
