Syrian army says it will halt op in Aleppo Kurdish neighborhood this afternoon; governor says 155,000 displaced

Residents of Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood stand against the backdrop of damaged buildings, in Aleppo on January 10, 2026. (Bakr ALkasem / AFP)
Residents of Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood stand against the backdrop of damaged buildings, in Aleppo on January 10, 2026. (Bakr ALkasem / AFP)

The Syrian army says it would suspend all military activities in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maksoud district starting 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT) today and expel Kurdish fighters to the city of Tabqa, state news agency SANA reports.

Aleppo Governor Azzam al-Gharib says that the clashes in the northern Syrian city’s Kurdish-majority neighborhoods have displaced around 155,000 people.

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