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Fierce fighting in Aleppo: Third day of violence between army & Kurdish-led SDF

By Usaid Siddiqui and Urooba Jamal

Published On 9 Jan 20269 Jan 2026

  • A ceasefire announced by Syria’s Defence Ministry in the vicinity of the Ashrafieh, Sheikh Maqsoud and Bani Zeid neighbourhoods in Aleppo has now ended.
  • The Syrian government said on Thursday evening that “security forces entered the Ashrafieh neighborhood in the city of Aleppo after violent clashes with the SDF forces”.