US EditionSyria declares ceasefire in Aleppo after fresh clashes with Kurdish forces
The ceasefire aims to prevent further civilian casualties and displacement after 140,000 people fled amid escalating clashes between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters.
- On January 8, 2026, Syria's defence ministry declared a ceasefire in three Aleppo neighbourhoods to halt fresh fighting between government troops and Kurdish fighters.
- After years of semi-autonomy, the government says reintegration is urgent because stability cannot be achieved with weapons outside state authority; last year’s deal with the SDF envisaged full integration by 2025 but progress remains limited.
- Starting at 03:00 a.m., the evacuation order gave armed groups a six-hour window to leave, expiring at 09:00 a.m. on Friday, while the defence ministry released more than seven target maps and imposed a curfew as Syrian Civil Defence scrambled to extinguish fires.
- Residents were displaced and casualties reported as fighting since Tuesday has displaced more than 140,000 people and left at least seven civilians dead, while two unnamed Syrian government officials said negotiations were underway and the United States urged an end to clashes.
- Regional leaders voiced deep concern as Turkey warned the SDF of military action if it defies integration, while Masrour Barzani and Mazloum Abdi warned of ethnic cleansing and massacres, and the United States and Tom Barrack offered mediation after talks Sunday.
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The Kurdish fighters reportedly refuse to leave Aleppo and want to stay to "defend their neighborhoods."
Kurdish fighters cut off in two districts of Aleppo refused on Friday to leave this great city in northern Syria, defying the authorities who appealed to evacuate after decreed a ceasefire.
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By OMAR ALBAM ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Syria’s Defense Ministry announced a ceasefire Friday after three days of clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters in the northern city of Aleppo that displaced thousands. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces did not publicly respond to the announcement, and a local Kurdish council rejected calls for the fighters to evacuate. The ministry said in a statement that the ceasefire took effect at 3…
The Syrian Defense Ministry has declared a ceasefire in the Aleppo region of northern Syria after days of deadly clashes between Kurdish fighters and government forces. Authorities said the Kurdish fighters would return to the country's northeast.
A ceasefire in Aleppo attempts to defuse tensions between Syrian government forces and Kurdish groups that will be evacuated to the Kurdish autonomous zone The authorities
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